Isotopes
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SDILasers has more than 25 years’ experience in the developing and manufacturing of high power lasers, systems, and working plants for laser based isotope separation applications. This includes building systems for both the Molecular Laser Isotope Separation (MLIS) as well as the Atomic Vapour Laser Isotope Separation (AVLIS) process. Currently several of the lasers developed by SDILasers are being used to investigate the feasibility of the laser based processes to enrich Uranium. |
This expertise together with the experience of Klydon makes SDILasers ideally suited for the building of complete systems for laser isotope separation processes, frequency conversion systems, and high resolution spectroscopic systems. The interest in laser based enrichment processes has increased significantly since worldwide consumption of electricity generated from nuclear power is expected to increase from 2.7 billion kWh to 3.3 billion kWh in 2025. As a result prospects for nuclear power have improved in recent years and expectations have increased that most existing nuclear plants will receive approvals for extensions of their operating lives. As a result the SWU price (the cost to separate and enrich the Uranium used in a nuclear reactor) has risen from $80 to the current price of $145. |
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