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There are two fundamental insights behind SILEX:
There are two fundamental insights behind SILEX:


* UF<sub>6</sub> dimers can be broken up and excited with a single photon
Using hex and a carrier gas G:
* 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
 
* UF<sub>6</sub>+G 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>+G is (assuming G is <sup>40</sup>Ar), 43, much larger than that between
** <sup>235</sup>U and <sup>238</sup>U (3, traditional separation) or
** <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)
** <sup>235</sup>UF<sub>5</sub> and <sup>238</sup>UF<sub>6</sub> (22, MLIS)

Revision as of 08:46, 29 December 2023

Third-generation laser uranium enrichment out of Australia, similar to CRISLA, superseding AVLIS and MLIS.

There are two fundamental insights behind SILEX:

Using hex and a carrier gas G:

  • UF6+G dimers can be broken up and excited with a single photon
  • The mass difference between 235UF6 and a dimer of 238UF6+G is (assuming G is 40Ar), 43, much larger than that between
    • 235U and 238U (3, traditional separation) or
    • 235UF5 and 238UF6 (22, MLIS)