the manhattan project 1942 - 1945
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THE MANHATTAN PROJECT 1942 - 1945. Possible Routes to Fissionable Materials Considered by U. S. in 1942. Gaseous Diffusion Electromagnetic Separation Centrifugation Liquid Thermal Diffusion. U-235. Natural Uranium (99.3% U-238, 0.7% U-235). Uranium-graphite reactor - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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THE MANHATTAN PROJECT1942 - 1945
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Possible Routes to Fissionable Materials
Considered by U. S. in 1942
Natural Uranium(99.3% U-238, 0.7% U-235)
•Gaseous Diffusion•Electromagnetic Separation•Centrifugation•Liquid Thermal Diffusion
U-235
•Uranium-graphite reactor•Uranium-heavy water reactor
Pu-239
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Uranium MetallurgyUranium Metallurgy
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Methods Used to Separate U-235
from U-238
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Gaseous DiffusionK-25 Plant
Oak Ridge
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Calutrons at the Y-12 Plant
Oak Ridge
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Y-12 Electromagnetic Separation Plant
Oak Ridge
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Production of weapons grade U-235Oak Ridge, TN - 1944-45
Natural uraniumU-235 (0.7 %)
UF6 (g)
U-235 (0.86%)UF6 (g)
U-235 (7%)UF4 (s)
ProductU-235 (90%)
UF4 (s)
U-235 (15%)UF4 (s)
S-50Thermal Diffusion
K-25Gaseous Diffusion
Y-12Alpha Calutrons
Y-12Beta Calutrons
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Production of Plutonium From Uranium in a
Nuclear Reactor
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Fuel Fabrication
• Prepare fissile material to fuel nuclear reactors.
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Naturally Occurring Uranium
U-235 (0.7%)
U-238 (99.3%)
Hanford Irradiated Fuel
U-235 (<1%) other radioactive isotopes including Pu-239 (<1%)
U-238 (>98%)
4000 grams of irradiated uranium produce approximately 1 gram Pu-239
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Pu Recovery by Bismuth Phosphate Process
• Pu is found in low concentrations (<250 ppm) in reactor products.
• Weapons grade Pu must be chemically pure (< 1 part in 107 parts Pu).
• The Pu recovery for total process was 95% with < 1 part impurity in 107.
Pu(s) + X(s) HNO3 Pu4+(aq) + Xy+(aq)H2SO4
Pu4+(aq) + Xy+(aq) + Bi3+(aq) Pu3(PO)4(s) + Xy+(aq) + BiPO4(s)
Pu3(PO)4(s) + BiPO4(s)HNO3
oxid. agentPu6+(aq) + Bi3+(aq)
Pu6+(aq) + Bi3+(aq)
H3PO4
H3PO4 Pu6+(aq) + BiPO4(s)
Pu6+(aq)H2O2 PuO2
2+(aq) Pu(s)reducingagent
X(s) = fission products or uranium; y+ = oxidation state
Plutonium was redissolved and further purified using LaF2 in place of BiPO4(s)
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Inside Hanford T Plant
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Little Boy - Hiroshima - 0815, August 6, 1945
Size: 10 ft long Weight: 8.900 lbs. (132 lbs >90% U-235)
(~ 2lbs underwent fission)Height of blast: 1900 ft.Yield: 15 - 16 Kt TNTCasualties ~ 100,000 immediate deaths
~ 200,000 total deaths
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Fat Man - Nagasaki - 1102, August 9, 1945
Size: ~ 10.5 ft long, 5ft. DiameterWeight: 10,300 lbs.. (12 lbs.. Pu-239 of which
~ 2 lbs. underwent fission)Height of blast: 1650 ft.Yield: 22 Kt of TNTCasualties: ~70,000 immediate deaths
~140,000 total deaths
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THE LEGACY OF HIROSHIMA1945 - 2004
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Fuel rod fabrication plant in Yongbyon, North Korea
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Map of DPRK Nuclear Sites
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http://alsos.wlu.edu
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