The Disappearing Spoon: a science history podcast with Sam Kean

The World’s Only Natural Nuclear Reactor

May 23, 2023

23:18

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Episode notes

Introduction

3min

The Uncertainty of Oclo

6min

The Origins of the Oaklow Atomic Reactor

5min

The Origins of Oxygen on Earth

4min

The Pros and Cons of Atomic Power

5min

The Disappearing Spoon Podcast

3min

What a bizarre site in Africa—a 1.7-billion-year-old, completely natural nuclear reactor—says about the future of energy production on planet Earth...

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