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Effect of Bellows on the Separation of Uranium Isotopes in a Supercritical Gas Centrifuge

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The effect of bellows in a supercritical gas centrifuge on the separative power is studied experimentally. It is found that the separative power of a gas centrifuge with bellows placed in the rotor is lower than that of a centrifuge with a smooth rotor and the difference increases with increasing number of bellows in the rotor. It is shown that the reduction of the separative power can be compensated to a large extent by increasing the temperature component of the circulation flow.

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  1. National Research Nuclear University MEPhI (Moscow Engineering Physics Institutemisis), Moscow, Russia

    V. D. Borisevich

  2. Tsentrotex-SPb Company, St. Petersburg, Russia

    O. N. Godisov & D. V. Yatsenko

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Translated from Atomnaya Énergiya, Vol. 117, No. 2, pp. 85–89, August, 2014.

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Borisevich, V.D., Godisov, O.N. & Yatsenko, D.V. Effect of Bellows on the Separation of Uranium Isotopes in a Supercritical Gas Centrifuge. At Energy 117, 106–110 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10512-014-9896-y

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