This isotope separation method was the first big successful method, having been used in the Manhattan Project, notably in the K-25 reactor.
This method was superseded by the more efficient gas centrifuges.
Gaseous diffusion diagram
. Source. Comptes rendus de l'Académie des Sciences by
Ciro Santilli 35 Updated 2025-04-16 +Created 2024-08-14
Apparently there were biweekly reports, that were grouped and published biannually on January and July, each one with a sequential tome number.
For example, both Marie Curie's Polonium paper and Marie Curie's Radium paper were published in the second half of 1898 and fell in tome 127.
Public domain publication list: archive.org/search?query=comptes+rendus+academie+des+sciences&sort=-date&and%5B%5D=collection%3A%22pub_comptes-rendus-hebdomadaires-academie-des-sciences%22 but some years are randomly missing like 1898?
OK from here you can find all of them more clearly: www.academie-sciences.fr/en/Transmettre-les-connaissances/comptes-rendus-de-l-academie-des-sciences-numerisees-sur-le-site-de-la-bibliotheque-nationale-de-france.html
TODO how to download a PDF from? I can't even turn the pages...
The RaLa Experiment by Our Own Devices
. Source. Has some good mentions of Uranium vs Plutonium in nuclear weapon design.Bibliography:
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Radioisotope thermoelectric generator by
Ciro Santilli 35 Updated 2025-04-16 +Created 2024-08-14
The Soviet Union's Deadly Abandoned Nuclear Generators by Andy Mcloone
. Source. - youtu.be/NT8-b5YEyjo?t=1435 epic orphan source recovery video
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