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Table 5 Technologies and components used in centrifuge enrichment facilities ............. 17
Table 6 Technology and technical issues involved with centrifuge enrichment .............. 19
Table 7 Countries interested in Centrifuge technology ................................................... 20
Table 8 Successful indigenous centrifuge enrichment programs ..................................... 20
Table 9 Technologies and components used in EMIS facilities....................................... 37
Table 10 Technology and technical issues involved with EMIS...................................... 38
Table 11 Countries with EMIS technology ...................................................................... 39
Table 12 Technologies and components used in chemical and isotope exchange
enrichment facilities.................................................................................................. 44
Table 13 Technology and Technical Issues involved with chemical and isotope exchange
enrichment facilities.................................................................................................. 45
Table 14 Chemical isotope enrichment programs ........................................................... 45
Table 15 Technologies and components used in aerodynamic isotope-separation facilities,
................................................................................................................................... 51
Table 16 Technology and Technical Issues involved with aerodynamic isotope
separation .................................................................................................................. 53
Table 17 Aerodynamic Isotope Separation Program........................................................ 55
Table 18 Technology Acquisition/Development.............................................................. 58
Table 19 Countries with graphite-moderated production reactors ................................... 63
Table 20 Countries with Graphite moderated reactors and number put into operation.... 67
Table 21 Construction Time for Graphite Moderated Reactors ....................................... 69
Table 22 Construction Time Constants for Graphite-Moderated Reactors for Different
Regimes..................................................................................................................... 70
Table 23 Countries with heavy water moderated production reactors ............................. 72
Table 24 Countries with Heavy Water Moderated Reactors ........................................... 75
Table 25 Construction Times for Heavy Water Reactors................................................. 76
Table 26 Construction Time Constants for Heavy Water Moderated Reactors for
Different Regimes..................................................................................................... 77
Table 27 Countries believed to have used or planned to use research reactors to produce
plutonium .................................................................................................................. 78
Table 28 Technologies used in reprocessing facilities ..................................................... 90
Table 29 Technical issues with reprocessing operations .................................................. 91
Table 30 Countries with reprocessing facilities................................................................ 92
Table 31 Program summary............................................................................................ 102
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