CDRMITTENS@sh.itjust.works to NonCredibleDefense@sh.itjust.worksEnglish · 3 months agoA completely unsuspicious hidden purchase.sh.itjust.worksimagemessage-square7fedilinkarrow-up14arrow-down10file-text
arrow-up14arrow-down1imageA completely unsuspicious hidden purchase.sh.itjust.worksCDRMITTENS@sh.itjust.works to NonCredibleDefense@sh.itjust.worksEnglish · 3 months agomessage-square7fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareSkua@kbin.earthlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·3 months agoWhat they bought was yellowcake, which is uranium ore with most of the non-uranium stuff removed, so… yeah, basically. This is distinct from enrichment, which is when you turn one isotope of uranium into another one which does fission better
minus-squareessell@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·3 months agoIs enrichment turning one isotope into another or when you separate out the different isotopes? I know Iran has centrifuge technology for this became Mossad sabotaged them a while back.
minus-squareGladaed@feddit.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·3 months agoEnrichment is sorting. Breeding is isotope conversion and done in a reactor. (Fast breeding reactor)
What they bought was yellowcake, which is uranium ore with most of the non-uranium stuff removed, so… yeah, basically.
This is distinct from enrichment, which is when you turn one isotope of uranium into another one which does fission better
Is enrichment turning one isotope into another or when you separate out the different isotopes?
I know Iran has centrifuge technology for this became Mossad sabotaged them a while back.
Enrichment is sorting. Breeding is isotope conversion and done in a reactor. (Fast breeding reactor)