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On the Concept of Plasma Mass-Separation in Crossed E × B Fields with a Potential Well (a Review)

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One of the relevant tasks of nuclear power industry is the reprocessing of spent nuclear fuel. Such processing implies the separation of actinides from uranium fission products. One of the processing methods can be plasma mass separation. In the last 10 years, research aimed at the development of various aspects related to plasma mass separation has been actively conducted at the Joint Institute for High Temperatures of the Russian Academy of Sciences. The article provides an overview of the main results of these studies in four areas: numerical calculations and analysis of separation schemes; generation of background plasma and formation of plasma potential distribution; plasma source for injection of a mixture of separated substances; and demonstration of the model substances separation.

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This review was partially supported by Russian Science Foundation no. 21-19-00716, https://rscf.ru/en/project/21-19-00716/, sections devoted to numerical culations and analysis of separation schemes, as well as separation of model substances; and partialy by the Ministry of Science and Higher Education of the Russian Federation (Agreement no. 075-01056-22-00), sections dedicated to the plasma source for injection of a mixture of separated substances and a section dedicated to the generation of background plasma and plasma potential distribution formation.

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    G. D. Liziakin, N. N. Antonov, N. A. Vorona, A. V. Gavrikov, S. A. Kislenko, S. D. Kuzmichev, A. D. Melnikov, A. P. Oiler, V. P. Smirnov, R. A. Timirkhanov & R. A. Usmanov

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    S. D. Kuzmichev, A. D. Melnikov & A. P. Oiler

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Liziakin, G.D., Antonov, N.N., Vorona, N.A. et al. On the Concept of Plasma Mass-Separation in Crossed E × B Fields with a Potential Well (a Review). Plasma Phys. Rep. 48, 1251–1260 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1134/S1063780X22601912

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