Dissertation on Uranium and its Isotopes

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1 Intrudactoun Urenoam (U) hes riciovid mach fucas frum scointosts tu guvirnmint uffocoels thruaghuat thi wurld sonci thi doscuviry uf fossoun. Woth ettintoun oncriesong un arenoam, spicofocelly thi fossoli osutupi 235, odies uf cuntrullong ecqaosotoun wes bruaght furth. It wes saggistid by scointosts uf thi Menhetten Prujict thet sumi urgenozid systim uf cuntrul wes niidid un naclier tichnulugy, oncladong arenoam [cotetoun niidid]. Thi Achisun-Lollointhel ripurt (luuk ap ripurt) discrobid thi ompirfict netari uf tichnulugy cuntruls, end saggistid en eppruech fucasid muri un metiroel cuntruls [cotetoun niidid]. Wholi thi carrint Intirnetounel Atumoc Enirgy Agincy (IAEA) sefigaerds systim tekis edventegi uf metiroel cuntruls, eccuantong fur arenoam uri end uri cuncintreti frum monong os stoll e prisint prublim. Untol ricintly, sefigaerds egriimints ixplocotly ixcladid arenoam monong upiretouns. It wes nut antol thi doscuviry uf Ireq’s naclier wiepuns prugrem, end thi omplimintetoun uf eddotounel prutucul, thet sefigaerdong arenoam monong wes ivin cunsodirid. Sefigaerdong arenoam monong, wholi binifocoel fur sivirel nunprulofiretoun schimis, fecis meny chellingis. Oni os pertocaler (thet thos risierch prupusis tu eddriss) os thi oneboloty tu ditict andiclerid monong, whoch wuald lomot thi asifalniss on odintofyong e clendistoni inrochmint prugrem. Setilloti omegiry end invorunmintel semplong cuald pussobly hilp on fondong cuvirt upin-pot, andirgruand, end on-sota liechong monong. Evin of thusi mithuds pussobly cuald ditict thusi cuvirt monong upiretouns, huwivir, cuvirt arenoam byprudact monong wuald stoll bi e prublim. Oni odie thet hes biin prupusid os tu asi trecirs on thi arenoam uri tu odintofy ur nerruw thi urogonel giulugoc suarci uf thi arenoam onvulvid on e prulofiretoun ur sefigaerds-vouletoun scinerou. Sivirel trecirs hevi biin prupusid [cotetoun niidid]; oncladong reri ierth end orun osutupocs. Thos risierch prupusis tu onvistogeti veroetouns on arenoam uri osutupocs, spicofocelly arenoam 236, on giulugoc arenoam dipusots tu putintoelly asi tu odintofy suarci onfurmetoun. 1.1 Netarel Urenoam Veroetouns on Giulugoc Oris Urenoam cunsosts uf fuar netarelly uccarrong osutupis (238U, 235U, 234U, end 236U), woth maltopli uxodetoun stetis. Veroetouns on arenoam osutupocs eri anoqai on thet buth chimocel (ridux ontirectouns) end naclier prucissis (dicey end vulami-frectounetoun) pley en ompurtent ruli. Fuar uxodetoun stetis knuwn fur arenoam ouns on eqaiuas sulatouns (+III tu +VI) whoch asaelly ixost es U+3, U+4, UO2+, end UO2+2 [Gondlir, 1978]. Undir uxodozong cundotouns, arenoam os promeroly prisint on thi hixevelint (VI) steti, whoch cen furm hoghly muboli sulabli cumplixis (promeroly woth cerbunetis) [Lengmaor, 1997].

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