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Re:Nuclear power is too slow by akiselev on Saturday December 17, 2022 @07:31PM (#34033795)
Vaporizing nuclear fuel is how we enrich it. Uranium => Uranium Hexaflouride sublimed at 57C => Gaseous centrifuge to separate the isotope. We've been doing it since the Manhattan Project, since before nuclear power plants were even a thing.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enriched_uranium#Centrifuge_te...

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Re:Nuclear power is too slow by pfdietz on Sunday December 18, 2022 @07:52PM (#34046666)
Comparing uranium hexafluoride vapor at 57 C to incandescent vaporized uranium + fission products at 22,000 C. The materials problems with the latter are just a bit more severe!
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