A cascade scheme allowing two intermediate-mass isotopes to be concentrated in a single cascade above the maximum admissible concentrations at the outputs of ordinary cascades is proposed. A cascade with two flow expansions and two additional product flows is used for this. For the example of a mixture of tungsten isotopes, it is shown that the concentrations of 183W and 184W can be increased simultaneously up to 70 and 80%, respectively. In addition, additional product flows can be equal to 50–70% of the primary (end) product flow of the cascade.
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Translated from Atomnaya Énergiya, Vol. 126, No. 5, pp. 264–268, May, 2019.
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Fomin, D.N., Smirnov, A.Y., Sulaberidze, G.A. et al. Cascades with Flow Expansion for Simultaneous Concentration of Intermediate Components. At Energy 126, 300–304 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10512-019-00553-x
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