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"Humanity Has Not Invented Anything": a Nuclear Reactor Was Discovered that Was Already Running 2 Billion Years Ago.

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In May 1972, at a uranium enrichment plant in Pierrelatte, France, a technician performs a routine check that will change our scientific certainty. By analyzing an ore from Gabon, he notes an infinitesimal anomaly. The uranium 235 content, the fissile isotope used as nuclear fuel, is 0.717% [...]
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In May 1972, at a uranium enrichment plant in Pierrelatte, France, a technician performs a routine check that will change our scientific certainty. By analyzing an ore from Gabon, he notes an infinitesimal anomaly. The uranium 235 content, the fissile isotope used as nuclear fuel, is 0.717% [...]

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SciencePost broke the news in on Thursday, April 9, 2026.
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