Abstract
The discovery in Nature of 16 reactions zones where sustained fission chain reaction occurred 1.95 b.y ago raised numerous questions in many scientific fields. Fifty years later, some of them are still unanswered. This article recalls the history of this discovery and the scientific facts before discussing the present-day understanding of this complex phenomenon.
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