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	[[File:gdc.jpg\|500px\|framed\|right\|Figure 1. Diffusers set up in a cascade. Enriched uranium comes out of the upper pipes and is sent upward through the cascade while the depleted uranium comes out of the bottom pipes and is sent downward through the cascade.<ref>U.S. Department of Energy (September 21, 2016). ''The Manhattan Project'' [Online]. Available: https://www.osti.gov/opennet/manhattan-project-history/Events/1942-1944_ur/k-25_working.htm</ref>]]		[[File:gdc.jpg\|500px\|framed\|right\|Figure 1. Diffusers set up in a cascade. Enriched uranium comes out of the upper pipes and is sent upward through the cascade while the depleted uranium comes out of the bottom pipes and is sent downward through the cascade.<ref>U.S. Department of Energy (September 21, 2016). ''The Manhattan Project'' [Online]. Available: https://www.osti.gov/opennet/manhattan-project-history/Events/1942-1944_ur/k-25_working.htm</ref>]]
	<onlyinclude>A '''Cascade process''' is used when purifying or enriching a desired substance and when one stage of enrichment is not enough to reach the target percentages.</onlyinclude> Since one stage isn't enough many stages together are put together in a sequence. The sequence uses the more enriched (or more pure) output from one stage as the input for the next stage. The depleted (or less pure) output goes back to a previous stage.<ref name="r1">John R. Lamarsh, Anthony J. Baratta. (June 28, 2016). ''Introduction to Nuclear Engineering''. Third Edition. Upper Saddle River, NJ, U.S.A:Prentice Hall, 2001.</ref>		<onlyinclude>A '''Cascade process''' is used when purifying or enriching a desired substance and when one stage of enrichment is not enough to reach the target percentages.</onlyinclude> Since one stage isn't enough many stages together are put together in a sequence. The sequence uses the more enriched (or more pure) output from one stage as the input for the next stage. The depleted (or less pure) output goes back to a previous stage.<ref name="r1">John R. Lamarsh, Anthony J. Baratta. (June 28, 2016). ''Introduction to Nuclear Engineering''. Third Edition. Upper Saddle River, NJ, U.S.A:Prentice Hall, 2001.</ref>

	Cascades are often used in the [[uranium enrichment\|enrichment of uranium]]. See the [[gaseous diffusion]] page for an example of a cascade process detailed process explanation.		Cascades are often used in the [[uranium enrichment\|enrichment of uranium]]. See the [[Gaseous diffusion uranium enrichment\|gaseous diffusion]] page for an example of a cascade process detailed process explanation.

	[[File:gdc1.jpg\|1000px\|thumb\|center\|Figure 2. Three stages of a [[gaseous diffusion]] cascade.<ref>Portsmouth Gaseous Diffusion Plant Virtual Museum (September 23, 2016). ''A Diffusion Cascade'' [Online]. Available: http://www.portsvirtualmuseum.org/history-process.htm</ref>]]		[[File:gdc1.jpg\|1000px\|thumb\|center\|Figure 2. Three stages of a [[gaseous diffusion]] cascade.<ref>Portsmouth Gaseous Diffusion Plant Virtual Museum (September 23, 2016). ''A Diffusion Cascade'' [Online]. Available: http://www.portsvirtualmuseum.org/history-process.htm</ref>]]
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[[File:gdc.jpg|500px|framed|right|Figure 1. Diffusers set up in a cascade. Enriched uranium comes out of the upper pipes and is sent upward through the cascade while the depleted uranium comes out of the bottom pipes and is sent downward through the cascade.<ref>U.S. Department of Energy (September 21, 2016). ''The Manhattan Project'' [Online]. Available: https://www.osti.gov/opennet/manhattan-project-history/Events/1942-1944_ur/k-25_working.htm</ref>]]
<onlyinclude>A '''Cascade process''' is used when purifying or enriching a desired substance and when one stage of enrichment is not enough to reach the target percentages.</onlyinclude> Since one stage isn't enough many stages together are put together in a sequence. The sequence uses the more enriched (or more pure) output from one stage as the input for the next stage. The depleted (or less pure) output goes back to a previous stage.<ref name="r1">John R. Lamarsh, Anthony J. Baratta. (June 28, 2016). ''Introduction to Nuclear Engineering''. Third Edition. Upper Saddle River, NJ, U.S.A:Prentice Hall, 2001.</ref>

Cascades are often used in the [[uranium enrichment|enrichment of uranium]]. See the [[gaseous diffusion]] page for an example of a cascade process detailed process explanation.

[[File:gdc1.jpg|1000px|thumb|center|Figure 2. Three stages of a [[gaseous diffusion]] cascade.<ref>Portsmouth Gaseous Diffusion Plant Virtual Museum (September 23, 2016). ''A Diffusion Cascade'' [Online]. Available: http://www.portsvirtualmuseum.org/history-process.htm</ref>]]

==References==
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