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Laser isotope separation
Abstract
This work describes the atomic route to laser isotope separation. This is a process which uses intense pulsed lasers to photoionize one isotopic species of a chemical element, after which these ions are extracted electromagnetically. The paper describes only the isotopic enrichment of uranium for nuclear fuel cycles. It makes brief mention of the traditional cascade processes used at present, and then turns to the atomic physics of laser photoionization. The principles of the laser isotope separation process, important spectroscopic experiments and considerations which determine the design of a plant are described. This review concentrates on the laser ionization process, few details of vaporization of uranium metal or the extraction of ions are given.
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Metadata
- Authors
- Greenland, P. T.
- Venue
- Contemporary Physics
- Publisher
- Informa UK Limited
- Published
- 1990-11
- Volume
- 31
- Issue
- 6
- Pages
- 405-424
- ISSN
- 0010-7514 (ISSN-L)
- 1366-5812
- OpenAlex
- W2137757116
- Cited by
- 166
- References
- 0
- FWCI
- 2.43
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
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