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Kim, very good point. The fluid
dynamics of fission product movement in a natural homogenous
reactor at the center of the earth would be complicated to say the least.
As it heated up and melt was added the k-effective would go down for one
thing. Just my gut feelings.
H. Dean Chaney, CHP
URS Corp. Sacramento,
CA
(916) 679-2086
"In science there is only physics; everything else
is stamp
collecting."
--Ernest Rutherford
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Sent: Friday, July 19, 2002 4:33 AM
Subject: Fwd: RE: Nuclear Planet in
DISCOVER
If the Earth's core was
indeed a natural fission reactor wouldn't there be readily detectable
physical evidence of it here at the surface, such as a natural abundance of
plutonium isotopes and fission products that would well up due to
vulcanism? Wouldn't you also have other naturally abundant induced
radioactivity isotopes?
Kim Merritt,
RRPT
Radiation/Laser Safety Officer
NASA Langley Research
Center
Hampton, VA
(757)864-3210
<mailto:k.merritt@larc.nasa.gov>
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