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Front-end nuclear fuel supply cooperation: Turning allied interdependence into strategic advantage
The global nuclear revival, which is fueled by unprecedented demand for firm, affordable, dispatchable power for artificial intelligence and data center build-out, energy security imperatives, and climate commitments, has exposed a structural reality of the Western fuel cycle: No single allied nation currently possesses the full suite of front-end capabilities. From mining through conversion, enrichment, fabrication, and the emerging deconversion and metallization steps required for reactor fuels, capability is distributed across Canada, France, Japan, the United Kingdom, and the United States (collectively, the “Sapporo Five”), as well as a small group of close partners.
Yassin A. Hassan
Mark DeHart
K.K.S. PillayFrance C. Bres-TutinoGuenther Kessler
University of Wisconsin-Madison (Best Section)Pennsylvania State University (Honorable Mention)University of Missouri-Rolla (Honnorable Mention)
Eric P. Loewen
Small Local SectionsPittsburgh (Best Membership, Best Meetings and Programs, Best Public Information and Education, Best Overall)Savannah River (Best Section Management)Large Local SectionsIdaho (Best Overall)
Allen J. Toreja
Saxton Nuclear Experimental Corporation Facility Chemical Engineering Building 205 Advanced Thermal Reactor (Fugen Nuclear Power Station)
Lisa R. Vickers
Gerald C. Pomraning
Robert W. HessNuclear Energy InstituteEdward "Ted" L. QuinnJorge Spitalnik
Frederick W. Ingram
Bal Raj Sehgal
E. Gail de Planque
Wade J. Richards
GraduateOhio State UniversityD. Mills, C. Li, M. Fiorino, A. Hakobyan, R. Waghray, C. SegoviaUniversity of TennesseeS. Bell, R. Willis, S. Frederiksen, S. Holcombe, B. MitchellUndergraduatePurdue UniversityJ. Jenkins, S. Clark, C. Cotton, D. MundyUniversity of TennesseeJ. DeGolyer, T. Woody, M. Balanky, A. Desmone, R. Bivins
Soon Heung Chang
Jerry McKamy
Hideaki TakabeLaurance J. Suter
Robert A. Bari
North Anna Power StationDominion Generation
W. Gary Gates Omaha Public Power District
Betty F. Maskewitz
Weston M. StaceyPaul J. Turinsky
Walter A. Simon