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Employees of the Institute of Metal Physics of the Ural Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences and the development of the Soviet Atomic Project

 
Mikheev Institute of Metal Physics, Ural Division of the Russian Academy of Sciences, S Kovalevskoi str. 18, Ekaterinburg, 620108, Russian Federation

The paper highlights the contribution of the employees of the Institute of Metal Physics of the Ural Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences to the first stage of the USSR Atomic Project. The main challenge of the project was the need to solve one of the most difficult problems that the developers of the USSR atomic shield faced — industrial separation of uranium isotopes. Thus, in 1943, I K Kikoin directed the first work on isotope separation using diffusion and centrifuge methods at the institute. I K Kikoin was appointed I V Kurchatov's deputy and was the main person responsible for the development of an industrial method for producing uranium-235 isotopes.

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Fulltext is also available at DOI: 10.3367/UFNe.2024.02.039648
Keywords: USSR Atomic Project, industrial separation of uranium isotopes, isotope separation by gaseous diffusion, isotope separation by centrifuge methods, uranium-235, Ural Physico-Technical Institute (UralFTI), counterflow centrifuges
PACS: 01.65.+g
DOI: 10.3367/UFNe.2024.02.039648
URL: https://ufn.ru/en/articles/2024/7/e/
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Citation: Gudin S A "Employees of the Institute of Metal Physics of the Ural Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences and the development of the Soviet Atomic Project" Phys. Usp. 67 717–744 (2024)
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Received: 16th, September 2023, revised: 14th, February 2024, 16th, February 2024

Оригинал: Гудин С А «Сотрудники Института физики металлов Уральского отделения Российской академии наук и становление Атомного проекта СССР» УФН 194 765–789 (2024); DOI: 10.3367/UFNr.2024.02.039648

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