OPTIMAL ION BEAM CURRENT IN ELECTROMAGNETIC ISOTOPE SEPARATION FACILITIES SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNICAL COMMUNICATIONS

Isotope separation by the electromagnetic method is based on the passage of an accelerated ion beam through a mag-netic field in which ions with different mass follow different trajectories. At the present time, isotopes of more than 30 ele-ments in the periodic chart are separated by the electromagnetic method despite its obvious drawbacks and the developmentof other methods [1].The main path for developing the method consists in increasing its productivity