Zippe-type centrifuge

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The Zippe-type centrifuge is a gas centrifuge designed to enrich the rare fissile isotope uranium-235 (235U) from the mixture of isotopes found in naturally occurring uranium compounds. The isotopic separation is based on the slight difference in mass of the isotopes. The Zippe design was developed in the Soviet Union by a team led by 60 Austrian and German scientists and engineers, during detention after their capture at the end of World War II. In the West and now generally, the type is known by the name of the man who recreated the technology after his return to the West in 1956, Gernot Zippe, based on his recollection of his contributions in the Soviet program. To the extent that it might be referred to in Soviet/Russian usage by any one person's name, it was known at an earlier stage in development as a Kamenev centrifuge, after Evgeni Kamenev.

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