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How advanced were prehistoric civilizations?
Some scientists believe that before humans came into existence, there may have been other advanced creatures on Earth and that we are not the only advanced life on this…
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The US is preparing to build the world's smallest nuclear power plant in Idaho
In addition to its compact size, the most notable feature of this nuclear power plant project is that it will use radioactive waste to generate electricity.
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The mystery of nuclear reactors
The first nuclear power plant in the world was produced in England, however, in fact, the power generation system using nuclear reactions was built by the Russians in 19…
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Prehistoric nuclear reactors
In Okno, Gabon republic is home to the famous Uran mine. In June 1972, a French Uran ore processing factory was amazed to find that the newly imported uranium ore was al…
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From natural nuclear furnace to parallel universe!
In 1974, a strange phenomenon was discovered: The U235 isotope composition in natural Uranium at Oklo mine, Gabon is much smaller than normal. Can explain this strange p…