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The Disappearing Spoon: a science history podcast with Sam Kean

The World’s Only Natural Nuclear Reactor

The Disappearing Spoon: a science history podcast with Sam Kean

Sam Kean

Arts, Books, History

41.3K Ratings

🗓️ 23 May 2023

⏱️ 26 minutes

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Summary

What a bizarre site in Africa—a 1.7-billion-year-old, completely natural nuclear reactor—says about the future of energy production on planet Earth...



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0:00.0

Have you ever had a guest over and said,

0:02.1

what'll it be, friend?

0:03.6

All swath and confident?

0:05.6

Only to have them request a drink that you don't have

0:08.6

or you lack the ingredients to make?

0:11.2

How embarrassing is that?

0:13.3

Gives me chills just thinking about it.

0:16.3

But with Drizzly, the go-to delivery app for beer, wine, and spirits,

0:21.2

you'll never face that embarrassment again.

0:24.0

You can get whatever drinks you and your visitors love

0:26.8

delivered right to your door.

0:28.8

That means your bar will never run low on the essentials

0:32.0

or the obscure if you're into that.

0:35.2

It also means you don't have to head out for a drink run

0:37.8

every time you have people over.

0:39.9

So that's a pretty nice bonus.

0:42.4

Download the Drizzly app or go to Drizzly.com.

0:46.3

That's D-R-I-Z-L-Y.com to restock your bar

0:51.7

and satisfy even the pickiest of pouts.

0:54.7

Must be 21 or over, not available in all locations.

0:59.6

When the French authorities learned about the missing uranium,

1:03.1

one terrible thought raced through their minds.

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