Abstract:
It is shown that it is able to produce highly enriched uranium in a small scale of 10 kg/a using so called threshold chemical reaction method for laser-based separation of uranium isotopes in molecular forms. Some kinds of threshold reactions and the requirements for laser which are able to be adopted in the method mentioned above are given out. It is pointed out also that the technology of free electron laser driven by electrostatic accelerator is able to meet the requirements of this method.