 Separative work unit (source code)

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= Separative work unit
{title2=$\mathrm{kg\!\text{-}\!SWU}$}

= SWU
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A unit of isotope-separation work used in fuel-cycle accounting. If stream masses are in kilograms and $x$ is <isotope> <mass fraction>, $S=PV(x_p)+WV(x_w)-FV(x_f)$ is in kg-SWU, with $V(x)=(1-2x)\log[(1-x)/x]$. This is a resource-accounting relation, not equipment or cascade design.

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