This is just a quick post to let you know that I have a guest blog article on Scientific American today. A few months ago, just after the Fukushima interviews with my dad, I thought it would be interesting to do a little research and write up an article on the 2-billion-year-old nuclear reactors in Gabon, Western Africa. I took a few months to get around to writing up the article (busy with graduate school!), but it is finally available today. I hope you head over to the Scientific American guest blog to check it out.
Here’s the link:
Nature’s Nuclear Reactors: The 2-Billion-Year-Old Natural Fission Reactors in Gabon, Western Africa
Georneys 
Evelyn – your Scientific American post on the natural reactors at Oklo was terrific. It merged your professional knowledge of geology with your “inherited” knowledge of nuclear energy.
I have not contacted you before, but I enjoyed listening to a number of the interviews that you did with your dad. Mark and I have only met a few times, but we did spend 4 years in the same place at the same time. He is a very knowledgable nuke with an intellectually curious and talented daughter.
I look forward to reading more of your interesting writing. (I agree that blogging and writing articles is a great way to relieve the stress of your “day job”.)
Rod Adams
Publisher, Atomic Insights
CDR USN (ret)
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Thanks so much, Rod!
Were you and my dad at Two Rivers together?
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No. We were in school at the mouth of the Severn River together. Do you know if he is planning to attend the 30th reunion this year?
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Ah, I see! I’m not sure if dad is headed to the reunion or not.
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Why don’t I get articles published by Scientific American?!
Oh, right, I’m not a scientist and I’ve never written one…
Congrats! 😀
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This is very interesting to study about the reactor in nature earth. If we plan to calculate the ratio at big bang e.g., at 12000 ma we will see U238 was 0.77% and U235 was 99.23%. It was atom bomb like situation.
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