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Mounana II in the region of Haut-Ogooué is a town in Gabon - some 279 mi or ( 449 km ) South-East of Libreville , the country's capital city .

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Current time in Mounana II is now 09:31 AM (Friday) . The local timezone is named " Africa/Libreville " with a UTC offset of 1 hours. Depending on the availability of means of transportation, these more prominent locations might be interesting for you: Loubomo, Brazzaville, Bata, Kinshasa, and Vengue. Since you are here already, make sure to check out Loubomo . Where to go and what to see in Mounana II ? We have collected some references on our attractions page.


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Mounana

Mounana is a town in Gabon with a population of about 8,000 people. It lies on the N3 road and from 1958 until the 1990s was a major uranium mining centre. The mine is now closed; it is now primarily a centre for agriculture.

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Located at -1.43 13.17 (Lat./Long.); Less than 29 km away
Tags: Mining in Gabon, Populated places in Haut-Ogooué Province, Uranium mines

Oklo

Oklo is a region near the town of Franceville, in the Haut-Ogooué province of the Central African state of Gabon. Several natural nuclear fission reactors were discovered in the uranium mines in the region in 1972.

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Located at -1.39 13.16 (Lat./Long.); Less than 31 km away
Tags: Energy in Gabon, Mines in Gabon, Nuclear reactors, Radioactive waste repositories, Uranium mines

Natural nuclear fission reactor

A natural nuclear fission reactor is a uranium deposit where self-sustaining nuclear chain reactions have occurred. This can be examined by analysis of isotope ratios. The existence of this phenomenon was discovered in 1972 at Oklo in Gabon, Africa, by French physicist Francis Perrin. The conditions under which a natural nuclear reactor could exist had been predicted in 1956 by Paul Kazuo Kuroda. The conditions found were very similar to what was predicted.

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Located at -1.39 13.16 (Lat./Long.); Less than 31 km away
Tags: Geography of Gabon, Nuclear physics, Nuclear reactors, Nuclear reactors by type, Radioactive waste repositories, Uranium