Engineering Physics Annotation << Back ON THE POSSIBILITY OF INDUCED &#945;-DECAY OF URANIUM L.I. URUTSKOEV, D.V. FILIPPOV, А.А. RUKHADZE, K.А. ALABIN, А.А. LEVANOV An overview of the theoretical works shows that superstrong magnetic fi eld due to the deformation of the electron shells of an atom infl uence the probability of occurrence of nuclear processes such as β-decay and α-decay. The results of experiments in which it was registered the break of secular equilibrium of uranium-thorium chain and distortion originally isotopic composition of uranium are presented. It is shown that the distortion of the isotopic composition is due to increase in the probability α-decay of 238U. It is noted that in these experiments was not observed any signifi cant fl ow of γ- and neutron radiation. Key words: -decay, -decay, laser ablation, electric explosion, the distortion of the isotopic composition, induced decay of nuclei, violation secular equilibrium. Contacts: E-mail: urleon@yandex.ru Pp. 06-14.