Email this article Use of High-Frequency Fields for Centrifugal Separation of Spent Nuclear Fuel
- Authors: Gorshunov N.M.1, Potanin E.P.1,2
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Affiliations:
- National Research Center Kurchatov Institute
- National Research Nuclear University MEPhI (Moscow Engineering Physics Institute)
- Issue: Vol 124, No 3 (2018)
- Pages: 197-202
- Section: Article
- URL: https://journals.rcsi.science/1063-4258/article/view/248931
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10512-018-0397-2
- ID: 248931
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Abstract
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.
About the authors
N. M. Gorshunov
National Research Center Kurchatov Institute
Email: j-atomicenergy@yandex.ru
Russian Federation, Moscow
E. P. Potanin
National Research Center Kurchatov Institute; National Research Nuclear University MEPhI (Moscow Engineering Physics Institute)
Email: j-atomicenergy@yandex.ru
Russian Federation, Moscow; Moscow
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