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Third-generation laser uranium enrichment out of Australia. | Third-generation laser uranium enrichment out of Australia, similar to CRISLA, superseding [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atomic_vapor_laser_isotope_separation AVLIS] and [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Molecular_laser_isotope_separation MLIS]. | ||
There are two fundamental insights behind SILEX: | |||
* UF<sub>6</sub> dimers can be broken up and excited with a single photon | |||
* The mass difference between <sup>235</sup>UF<sub>6</sub> and a dimer of <sup>238</sup>UF<sub>6</sub> is 355, hugely larger than that between <sup>235</sup>U and <sup>238</sup>U (3, traditional separation) or <sup>235</sup>UF<sub>5</sub> and <sup>238</sup>UF<sub>6</sub> (22, MLIS) | |||
Revision as of 14:11, 27 December 2023
Third-generation laser uranium enrichment out of Australia, similar to CRISLA, superseding AVLIS and MLIS.
There are two fundamental insights behind SILEX:
- UF6 dimers can be broken up and excited with a single photon
- The mass difference between 235UF6 and a dimer of 238UF6 is 355, hugely larger than that between 235U and 238U (3, traditional separation) or 235UF5 and 238UF6 (22, MLIS)
