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PRINCIPAL RESULTS OBTAINED IN FRANCE IN STUDIES OF THE SEPARATION OF THE URANIUM ISOTOPES BY GASEOUS DIFFUSION

Technical Report ·
OSTI ID:4289996
The principal problems which occur in the study of uranium isotope separat~on by the gaseous diffusion process are the development and fabrication of satisfactory porous barriers, the preparation and purification of uranium hexafluoride, problems connected with its use (corrosion, vacuum technology, and gss-tight compression), development of mass spectrometers to measure concentrations of U/sup 235/ and U/sup 238/, and the problems of chemical engineering with respect to the process and the optimum adjustment of relations between the stages. A brief description is given of the results obtained for the solutions of these problems. (J.S.R.)
Research Organization:
Commissariat a l'Energie Atomique, Paris
NSA Number:
NSA-13-006455
OSTI ID:
4289996
Report Number(s):
A/CONF.15/P/1262
Country of Publication:
Country unknown/Code not available
Language:
English