Category Archives: Production/Enrichment

Methods/descriptions of Stable isotope Enrichment

Turning a line

Posted on May 16, 2012 by Camille

5/16/2012 The race to extend the periodic table continues One of the first inklings that chemistry has an underlying pattern was the discovery, early in the 19th century, of lithium, sodium and potassium—known collectively as the alkali metals. Though different … Continue reading →

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Gas separation with graphene nanopores

Posted on May 16, 2012 by Camille

5/15/2012 Scientists in New Zealand, the US and Germany have developed a way of using tiny pores in a graphene sheet to separate different isotopes of helium. By creating nanoscale holes in the material, the researchers calculated that it should … Continue reading →

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Joint European Stable Isotope Users Group Meeting – JESIUM 2012

Posted on April 30, 2012 by Camille

4/30/2012 Stable isotope methodologies have become a crucial research tool in a wide range of scientific fields. The purpose of the meeting is to bring together a broad range of stable isotope scientists from all over the world, to encourage … Continue reading →

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Nuclear Cambridge

Posted on September 22, 2011 by Camille

9/22/2011 Unless you read the yellow caution signs on the walls, the high-ceilinged chamber would appear to house a couple of drab concrete-walled rooms surrounded by a disorganized jumble of machinery, file cabinets, and multicolored plastic bins. But buried deep … Continue reading →

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Electromagnetic Separation of Isotopes at Oak Ridge

Posted on July 28, 2011 by Camille

7/28/2011 Y-12: Oak Ridge treasure — national resource Amid all the changes at Y-12 over the years, including work being done by the Oak Ridge National Laboratory in several of the original Manhattan Project-era buildings at Y-12, one program remained … Continue reading →

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Gas Centrifuge Technology

Posted on May 9, 2011 by Camille

5/9/2011 Get a better understanding of gas centrifuge technology for isotope separation — watch this Federation of American Scientists video on YouTube:  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vPZP_q7WMcY&feature=player_embedded#at=120

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Helium 3 Shortage Affects National Security, Medicine

Posted on February 17, 2011 by Camille

2/17/2011 Inside a storage room at Andrews Air Force Base is a cluster of neutron radiation detectors, and alongside them, a tiny amount of plutonium, used for training drills. One detection device fits into a backpack. One is designed for … Continue reading →

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SNM past president calls for domestic production of isotopes

Posted on September 20, 2010 by Camille

by Manjula Puthenedam 8/22/2010 The nuclear medicine community has been pressuring the U.S. government to develop improved domestic capability for producing these materials to reduce this dependence, said Robert Atcher, PhD, MBA, immediate past president of SNM and director of … Continue reading →

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Design of SuSI – Superconducting Source for Ions at NSCL/MSU – The Magnet System

Posted on July 24, 2008 by Camille

Please click here for this article:  Design of SuSI – Superconducting Source for Ions at NSCL/MSU – The Magnet System

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ECRIS Operation with Multiple Frequencies

Posted on May 14, 2008 by Camille

Absract:  The usefulness of two-frequency heating for the production of high-charge state high-intensity beams from an…for more on this topic, please click on the following link:  ECRIS Operation with Multiple Frequencies

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