English
Etymology
From the prefix geo- meaning “Earth”, and reactor, a term in nuclear physics
Noun
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en-noun
- A geologically occurring slow fission reactor, especially in the Earth's past.
#*2005 February 4, Jessa Forte Netting, “Nature's Nuclear Reactor”, 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
1993, Dr. J. Marvin Herndon, “Feasibility of a nuclear fission reactor as the energy source for the geomagnetic field”, Journal of Geomagnetism and Geoelectricity, volume 45, pages 3423-3437
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