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Anon ponders modern magic (lemmy.today)
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[–] 3 points 2 years ago* (4 children)

Uranium is actually pretty common, refining out the right isotope is the complicated part. Heck there were a couple natural nuclear reactors in a place that generated power for a few million years.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Natural_nuclear_fission_reactor

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  • [–] 0 points 2 years ago* (3 children)

    Isn't uranium that's pure enough naturally to cause a reaction on its own really rare? I'm referring to the Chicago Pile experiment. It was so simple that it could have been theoretically built thousands of years ago which is crazy to think about.

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  • [–] 2 points 2 years ago* (2 children)

    Not really. Every single shovel full of dirt has trace amounts. It's just gathering enough into a pile. Like I said, nature did it on earth, before humans existed. It's weapons grade uranium that's really rare

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