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Enrichment of uranium faster with higher enrichment?
The higher enrichment needed the more enrichment and stripper stages needed. However the speed of enrichment depends more on how fast you can pump the uranium hexafloride through the individual stages without exceeding their limits. These limits will vary depending on enrichment technology used.
Where did the enriched uranium for the Little Boy atomic bomb come from?
The uranium enrichment facilty was at Oak Ridge.
How did TN help with making the atomic bomb?
The uranium enrichment plants were built at Oak Ridge, TN and powered by cheap electricity generated by the Tennessee Valley Authority.
What happened at Los Alamos?
Los Alamos was the location for part of the Manhattan Project, which was the code name for the creation of the first nuclear bombs. Uranium enrichment was mainly done at Los Alamos.
Are the atomic bomb and depleted uranium the same weapon?
No, the atomic bomb and depleted uranium are not the same thing. Nuclear weapons are made with enriched uranium or with plutonium as the fissionable material. Depleted uranium is uranium that is "left over" after natural uranium is put through a process called enrichment to inprove the concentration of the isotope U-235 over that in natural uranium. The enriched uranium with its higher percentage of U-235 is fissionable, and it can be used in nuclear reactors and in nuclear weapons. Depleted uranium is used to make armor-piercing projectiles, and can be put through the neutron flux in an operating reactor to be transformed (transmuted) into plutonium. Use the links below to related questions to learn more.
