Separative Power of an Optimised Concurrent Gas Centrifuge
The problem of separation of isotopes in a concurrent gas centrifuge is solved analytically for an arbitrary binary mixture of isotopes. The separative power of the optimised concurrent gas centrifuges for the uranium isotopes equals to δU = 12.7 (V/700 m/s)2(300 K/T)(L/1 m) kg·SWU/yr, where L and V...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Elsevier
2016-06-01
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Series: | Nuclear Engineering and Technology |
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Online Access: | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1738573316300365 |
Summary: | The problem of separation of isotopes in a concurrent gas centrifuge is solved analytically for an arbitrary binary mixture of isotopes. The separative power of the optimised concurrent gas centrifuges for the uranium isotopes equals to δU = 12.7 (V/700 m/s)2(300 K/T)(L/1 m) kg·SWU/yr, where L and V are the length and linear velocity of the rotor of the gas centrifuge and T is the temperature. This equation agrees well with the empirically determined separative power of optimised counter-current gas centrifuges. |
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ISSN: | 1738-5733 |