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ronin: "so can it be used indirectly to make nuclear weapons?"

Not exactly. Enrichment is actually removing the lesser of the two isotopes. There are two processes necessary for enrichment -- one involves as singpiolot alluded to, a centrifuge.

Two tons of uranium would ultimately yield about 280 lb of "highly-enriched uranium."
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