Capabilities of superpure actinide and stable isotope product in Russian Federal Nuclear Center

Abstract

The paper describes the production of highly enriched isotopes of uranium, plutonium and curium by means of electromagnetic separation for scientific and applied research in physics, chemistry, geology and other field. The equipment and radiochemical methods used allows to provide the isotopic pure samples in quantities sufficient to set up nuclear physics experiments, to produce reference materials and standard sources for calibration of radiometrical and mass spectrometrical equipment and for use in radionuclear metrology. Methods of fabrication of special sources or targets and layers of highly enriched isotopes on various substrated are presented. The brief information on developing stable isotope production program is also presented.