The Magnetic Centrifugal Mass Filter
Authors: Abraham J. Fetterman and Nathaniel J. Fisch
Abstract:
Mass filters using rotating plasmas have been considered for separating nuclear waste and spent nuclear fuel.
We propose a new mass filter that utilizes centrifugal and magnetic confinement of ions in a way similar to the
asymmetric centrifugal trap. This magnetic centrifugal mass filter is shown to be more proliferation resistant
than present technology. This filter is collisional and produces well confined output streams, among other
advantages.
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Submitted to: Physics of Plasmas (July 2011)
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