Uranium enrichment slide-rule calculator

Artifact Number:

2018-032

Description

A slide rule developed by URENCO to relate “separative work price” for enriched uranium (by the gas centrifuge method) to the initial concentration and the tailing assay.  The calculator is 10 cm by 19 cm (closed size) and made of plastic.  The lower photo shows the calculator with the central slider partially removed. 

Details

Keywords:
uranium; inertial separators; isotope enriched materials; slide rule
Date:
1980s
Notes:

Since the gas centrifuge enrichment process was never contemplated or used by AECL, this calculator must be regarded as a curiosity that may have been offered by URENCO at trade shows or conferences and was collected as an item of general interest.

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