Natural Fossal Fission Reactors

[Wolf]

The existence of these reactors was cleverly woven into a series of SF novels.The story was that the natural structures were created by the survivors of a crashed alien ship so that their chimp like immature forms would mutuate,with the help of radiation, and thus survive.("Protector" -can't recall the author)

The book "Protector" is by Larry Niven - it's part of his "Known Space" series along with the "Ringworld" books and a heap of others.

[Wolf]

What are GrinPiss and the Hippies going to do now? Oh me,oh my!

I've already stated my objections to it above, what more do you want? A march?

[Pixie]

The book "Protector" is by Larry Niven - it's part of his "Known Space" series along with the "Ringworld" books and a heap of others.

Yep,that's the one.His protagonist used the psuedonyms;Vandervecken (the flying Dutchman) and George Olduvai.