Enrichment, Centrifuges, and Proliferation - Oh My!

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Adam L. Silverman, PhD*

COL Lang asked for information pertaining to centrifuges, enrichment, and proliferation. At the following two links are two excellent articles - one article and one report - dealing with these issues. 

Alexander Glaser's "Characteristics of the Gas Centrifuge for Uranium Enrichment and Their Relevance for Nuclear Weapon Proliferation (corrected)" from Science and Global Security, 2008

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 Krass et als "Uranium Enrichment and Nuclear Weapon Proliferation" from SIPRI, 1983.

* Adam L. Silverman is the Cultural Advisor at the US Army War College. The views expressed here are his own and do not necessarily reflect those of the US Army War College and/or the US Army.

** Imageof Krakoa the Island that Walks Like a Man, found at Doctor Nerdlove and taken from the story in Giant Sized X-Men #1 

Comments

[Babak Makkinejad]

All:

Technical Discussion of Gas Centrifuges - until 1962

http://rmp.aps.org/abstract/RMP/v56/i1/p41_1

http://rmp.aps.org/abstract/RMP/v56/i1/p67_1

[nick b]

Just me, or did the articles not come through as links?

[LeaNder]

no, that's not just you:

http://scienceandglobalsecurity.org/archive/2008/10/characteristics_of_the_gas_cen.html

seems there is a free pdf available.

and the second you quite possibly could find here:
http://www.sipri.org/

with the details provided.

I have to leave.

[nick b]

Thanks LeaNder. I found the book Dr. Silverman mentions at the Sipri site. Here is the full link:

http://books.sipri.org/files/books/SIPRI83Krass/SIPRI83Krass.pdf

It's very technical. I wanted to better understand cascades and reflux in the centrifuge process. I was not disappointed. It's all in there and, with some work, is generally understandable to the layman.

[LeaNder]

Hi, nick b, I was in a hurry yesterday. But I am unfortunately not a student anymore and thus without access to online available matters from home. But quite some time ago I realized it makes sense to check if these matters are available freely, before ordering anything via interlibrary loan. After that I also checked if it was available for me without going there. Occasionally it is.

SIPRI simply rang a bell. I didn't even try to find the doc.

[Charles I]

Scribid is another source of a huge range of free docs, registration required.