As I understand it the uranium from the oklo reactor showed us that decay rates have been constant over billions of years.
This is because if decay rates had changed then
alpha the fine structure constant which measures electromagnetic force would have had to have changed as well.
If
alpha had changed then the point at which critical mass was reached to enable fusion to occur would have been different , but indications from Oklo are that fusion was reached at the same point as today, therefore
alpha was the same?
Is this correct....anyone know?
[This message has been edited by judge, 12-08-2003]
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