Assessment of specific cost of highly enriched lead-208 isotope by gas centrifuges using various raw materials. Application of Stable Lead Isotope Pb-208 in Nuclear Power Engineering and its Acquisition Techniques February 2013, Pages 125-136

Assessment of the specific cost for obtaining by gas centrifuges the highly enriched 208Pb isotope, which may be used as a coolant and a neutron reflector in promising fast neutron reactors, is carried out. The methodology originally developed for the column type separation elements is applied in calculation. The mixture of natural lead isotopes and radiogenic lead are considered as possible raw materials. In the latter case the content of the target isotope is nearly 1.5 times greater than in a former one. The price limit for the cost of radiogenic lead is established, up to which possible to get lower specific cost of enriched 208Pb isotope compared to the natural isotopic mixture.