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Centrifuge enrichment: benefits and risks

Technical Report ·
OSTI ID:6613636

The President decided to use the new centrifuge technology instead of the proven diffusion technology for the uranium enrichment plant to be built at Portsmouth, Ohio. This report addresses the appropriateness of (1) substituting the new technology and (2) building the plant away from the centrifuge development facilities at Oak Ridge, Tennessee.

Research Organization:
General Accounting Office, Washington, DC (USA). Energy and Minerals Div.
OSTI ID:
6613636
Report Number(s):
PB-278556; EMD-78-46
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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ACTINIDE ISOTOPES
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CENTRIFUGE ENRICHMENT PLANTS
ELEMENTS
ENRICHED URANIUM
GAS CENTRIFUGATION
GREAT LAKES REGION
INDUSTRIAL PLANTS
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NORTH AMERICA
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PERFORMANCE
SEPARATION PROCESSES
SITE SELECTION
URANIUM
URANIUM ISOTOPES
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