SWU for You and Me

2009/06/13 by Jeremy Bernstein, Bernstein, Jeremy
Physics and Astronomy · #Classical Physics (physics.class-ph) #FOS: Physical sciences #History and Philosophy of Physics (physics.hist-ph) #physics.class-ph #physics.hist-ph

paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.0906.2505

arxiv created 2009/06/13 · arxiv updated 2009/12/01

Abstract

The subject of uranium isotope separation by the use of gas cenrifuges is a very active one. I present the physics of this process and some of its history.

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