Gabon's Ancient Nuclear Reactor | Amusing Planet
Sep 19, 2019 · Sep 19, 2019 · Such a natural reactor was discovered sixteen years later, in 1972, in Gabon. At that time the French had been mining uranium in Gabon—a former French colony—for use in nuclear power plants. During a routine measurement of uranium ore from a mine in Oklo, in southeastern Gabon, the French noticed that the uranium235 content in the ore was ...