Use of High-Frequency Fields for Centrifugal Separation of Spent Nuclear Fuel

The possibility of using a rotating magnetic field in a low-frequency direct-flow plasma centrifuge for separating spent nuclear fuel is studied. Estimates of the separative effect in a model binary mixture with atomic mass 120 and 240 were made for concrete values of the parameters of the setup and...

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Published in:Atomic energy (New York, N.Y.) N.Y.), 2018-07, Vol.124 (3), p.197-202
Main Authors: Gorshunov, N. M., Potanin, E. P.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Atomic properties
BINARY MIXTURES
CAPACITY
Centrifuges
CONCRETES
COST
ECONOMICS
Energy industry
ENERGY PLANNING, POLICY AND ECONOMY
Hadrons
Heavy Ions
MAGNETIC FIELDS
Nuclear Chemistry
Nuclear Energy
Nuclear fuels
Nuclear Physics
Nuclear power plants
Parameters
Physics
Physics and Astronomy
PLASMA
PLASMA CENTRIFUGES
Radioactive wastes
Rotating plasmas
Rotation
SPENT FUELS
Spent nuclear fuels
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Summary:The possibility of using a rotating magnetic field in a low-frequency direct-flow plasma centrifuge for separating spent nuclear fuel is studied. Estimates of the separative effect in a model binary mixture with atomic mass 120 and 240 were made for concrete values of the parameters of the setup and the properties of rf-discharge plasma. The hydrodynamic parameters of the rotating and expanding plasma column, the separative effect, and the capacity of the setup are obtained.
ISSN:1063-4258
1573-8205
DOI:10.1007/s10512-018-0397-2