• Skua@kbin.earth
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    5 months ago

    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

    • essell@lemmy.world
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      5 months ago

      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.

      • Gladaed@feddit.de
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        5 months ago

        Enrichment is sorting. Breeding is isotope conversion and done in a reactor. (Fast breeding reactor)