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The Oklo Phenomenon: Proceedings of a Symposium, Libreville, 23–27 June 1975 organized by the IAEA in cooperation with the French Atomic Energy Commission and the Government of the Republic of Gabon (comprising 40 papers – 8 in English, 31 in French and 1 in Russian – summary in English and French)

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, , Citation O S Heavens 1976 Phys. Bull. 27 356 DOI 10.1088/0031-9112/27/8/040

0031-9112/27/8/356

Abstract

International Atomic Energy Agency Vienna: IAEA (distrib. HMSO) 1975 pp 646 price £17.50

The production of the first man–made fission reactor required enormous technological effort and expertise. The evidence from Gabon, given in 1972, that man had been forestalled by nature produced enormous excitement, the more so for having been totally unexpected.

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