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2006-11-23 Africa Subsaharan

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Posted by Steve White 2006-11-23 00:00|| || Front Page|| [2 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 Somewhere in that area - Gambia, maybe - there was a natural nuclear reactor. The uranium deposit was so rich that a chain reaction took place naturally.

Posted by Glenmore">Glenmore 2006-11-23 09:58|| 2006-11-23 09:58|| Front Page Top

#2 That's right Glenmore, though it was a couple of billion years ago when the ratio of U235 to U238 was higher.

Posted by Spot">Spot 2006-11-23 11:29|| 2006-11-23 11:29|| Front Page Top

#3 Congo's Belgian rulers shut the Shinkolobwe uranium mine shortly before independence in 1960, flooding its shafts with water and capping them with concrete

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Stopped clock city.

Posted by Shipman 2006-11-23 18:04|| 2006-11-23 18:04|| Front Page Top

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