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  2. Zippe-type centrifuge - Wikipedia

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    If natural uranium is enriched to 3% U-235, it can be used as fuel for light water nuclear reactors. If it is enriched to 90% uranium-235, it can be used for nuclear weapons. Diagram of the principles of a Zippe-type gas centrifuge with U-238 represented in dark blue and U-235 represented in light blue.

  3. Gas centrifuge - Wikipedia

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    Diagram of a gas centrifuge with countercurrent flow, used for separating isotopes of uranium. A gas centrifuge is a device that performs isotope separation of gases. A centrifuge relies on the principles of centrifugal force accelerating molecules so that particles of different masses are physically separated in a gradient along the radius of a rotating container.

  4. Separation of isotopes by laser excitation - Wikipedia

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    Infrared absorption spectra of the two UF 6 isotopes at 300 and 80 K. Schematic of a stage of an isotope separation plant for uranium enrichment with laser. An infrared laser with a wavelength of approx. 16 μm radiates at a high repetition rate onto a UF6 carrier gas mixture, which flows supersonically out of a laval nozzle.

  5. Centrus puts up $60M for centrifuges to replace Russian ...

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    The company hopes to triple its Oak Ridge workforce in a bid to end U.S. reliance on Russia for enriched uranium. Centrus puts up $60M for centrifuges to replace Russian reliance with Oak Ridge ...

  6. Iran says it will boost uranium enrichment after IAEA rebuke

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    Centrifuges are the machines that enrich uranium transformed into gas by rotating it at very high speed, increasing the proportion of fissile isotope material (U-235).

  7. Isotope separation - Wikipedia

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    By tonnage, separating natural uranium into enriched uranium and depleted uranium is the largest application. In the following text, mainly uranium enrichment is considered. This process is crucial in the manufacture of uranium fuel for nuclear power plants and is also required for the creation of uranium-based nuclear weapons (unless uranium ...

  8. American Centrifuge Achieves Two RD&D Program Milestones - AOL

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    American Centrifuge Achieves Two RD&D Program Milestones BETHESDA, Md.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- USEC Inc.'s (NYS: USU) American Centrifuge uranium enrichment technology recently achieved two important ...

  9. Enriched uranium - Wikipedia

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    Enriched uranium is a type of uranium in which the percent composition of uranium-235 (written 235 U) has been increased through the process of isotope separation.Naturally occurring uranium is composed of three major isotopes: uranium-238 (238 U with 99.2732–99.2752% natural abundance), uranium-235 (235 U, 0.7198–0.7210%), and uranium-234 (234 U, 0.0049–0.0059%).