georeactor
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Etymology edit
Noun edit
georeactor (plural georeactors)
- A geologically occurring slow fission reactor, especially in the Earth's past.
- 2005 February 4, Jessa Forte Netting, “Nature's Nuclear Reactor”, in Discover Magazine:
- Physicists analyzing a tiny sample of this ancient georeactor—discovered in the African country of Gabon in 1972—have now determined how it worked.
- Any man-made industrial structure built into the Earth's crust and operating on the principle of nuclear fission.
- The theorized natural fission reactor at the center of the Earth which would account for the geomagnetic field.
References edit
- Dr. J. Marvin Herndon (1993) “Feasibility of a nuclear fission reactor as the energy source for the geomagnetic field”, in Journal of Geomagnetism and Geoelectricity, volume 45, pages 3423-3437
- 2007, Dr. J. Marvin Herndon, "Nuclear georeactor generation of the earth's magnetic field. Current Science, Vol. 93, No 11, pages 1485-1487. http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/12/Georeactor.pdf