Oklo Mine
A natural nuclear fission reactor is a uranium deposit where self-sustaining nuclear chain reactions occur through natural geological processes rather than human construction.- Archaeological site
- Description: natural nuclear fission reactor discovered in 1972 in the Oklo region of Gabon
- Also known as“Natural nuclear fission reactor”“Oklo natural nuclear fission reactor”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Mounana and Oklo.
Oklo
Locality
Oklo is a geological region near Franceville in the Haut-Ogooué Province of Gabon.
Oklo Mine
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Latitude
-1.39452° or 1° 23′ 40″ south
Longitude
13.16026° or 13° 9′ 37″ east
Open location code
6FCMJ546+54
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
historic=archaeological_site
Wikidata ID
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Vietnamese—“Oklo Mine” goes by many names.
مفاعل أوكلوArabic
Естествен ядрен реактор ОклоBulgarian
Reactor nuclear natural d’OkloCatalan
Prirodni nuklearni reaktori OkloCroatian
Přírodní jaderný reaktorCzech
Přírodní jaderný reaktor OkloCzech
Oklo georeaktorEstonian
אוקלו כור גרעיני טבעיHebrew
Reaktor nuklir alam OkloIndonesian
reaktor nuklir alamiIndonesian
reattore a fissione nucleare naturale OkloItalian
オクロの天然原子炉Japanese
오클로 천연원자로Korean
OkloreaktorenNorwegian Bokmål
OkloreaktorenNorwegian Nynorsk
Reactor nuclear naturau d’OkloOccitan (post 1500)
naturalny reaktor jądrowy OkloPolish
fenomenul OkloRomanian
Reactor natural de fisiune nucleară OkloRomanian
Природный ядерный реактор в ОклоRussian
Prirodni nuklearni reaktori OkloSerbo-Croatian
ඔක්ලෝ ස්වාභාවික න්යෂ්ටික විඛණ්ඩන ප්රතික්රියාකාරකSinhala
Naturlig kärnfissionsreaktor OkloSwedish
Oklo doğal fisyon reaktörüTurkish
Oklo doğal nükleer fisyon reaktörüTurkish
Природний атомний реактор «Окло»Ukrainian
Lò phản ứng phân hạch hạt nhân tự nhiên OkloVietnamese
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