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Centrifuges are one method of enriching Uranium. Depending on how much you enrich it the Uranium can be usable as either reactor fuel or nuclear weapon explosive.

Other methods of enrichment include:

  • gaseous diffusion
  • calutrons
  • thermal diffusion
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