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能源部选中一项分离铀同位素的激光技术作扩大试验,以便取代流行的气体扩散法。这决定意味着今后八年多的时间内,五亿美元以上的研究经费将拨给“原子束蒸气激光同位素分离方案,”而不是拔给与其竞争的另外两个方案。据最近七个月对这三种方案的评价,劳仑斯·利弗莫尔实验室提出的方案可能是浓缩铀的最经济的方法。另外两种方案是TRW公司提出的“等离子分离法”以及洛斯·阿拉莫斯实验室提出的“分子束激光同位素分离法”。利弗莫尔实验室的研究计划负责人戴维斯(James I.Davis)说:“现在使用气体扩散法的工厂耗费大量电能。取代那些工厂并将那些电能用于别处的设想有很大的好处。”
The Department of Energy selected a laser technology for the separation of uranium isotopes for expansion experiments to replace the popular gas diffusion method. This decision means that in the next eight years or so, more than 500 million U.S. dollars of research funding will be allocated to the “atomic beam vapor laser isotope separation program,” rather than to the two competing programs. According to the evaluation of these three schemes in the last seven months, the scheme proposed by Lawrence Livermore Laboratory may be the most economical method for enriching uranium. The other two options are the “plasma separation method” proposed by TRW and the “molecular beam laser isotope separation method” proposed by Los Alamos. James I. Davis, head of research at Livermore’s research program, said: “The plants that use gas diffusion now consume a lot of electricity. The idea of replacing those plants and using those power elsewhere is very large. the benefits of.”