Process for uranium isotope separation

Details Process for uranium isotope separation Process for uranium isotope separation

1976-03-22

1978-06-27

Williams, Howard S.

Radiant energy

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204DIG11, 2041571R, 204158R, B01J 110, B01K 100

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040973840

ABSTRACT:
Separation of U.sup.235 and U.sup.238 isotopes by converting a mixture of these isotopes to organic compounds or to silicon compounds and then irradiating the isotope compounds selectively to change their chemical (and/or physical) properties, thereby to facilitate separation. In a preferred embodiment of the invention the uranium compounds are selected from the group having a chemical moiety R bonded directly to the U atom, the U-R bond having a fundamental, overtone, or combination virbational absorption frequency between 900 and 1100 cm.sup.-1. The selected U mixture is then irradiated with a frequency-selective CO.sub.2 laser.

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Letokhov, Science, vol. 180, No. 4085, (4 May 73), pp. 451-455.

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