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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.
Donald L. Smith
Nuclear Science and Engineering | Volume 64 | Number 4 | December 1977 | Pages 897-901
Technical Note | doi.org/10.13182/NSE77-A14510
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Cross-section ratios for production of 0.439-MeV gamma rays near 55 deg by the 23Na(n, n′y)23Na reaction relative to fast-neutron fission of 235U have been measured with an error of ±8% at intervals of 0.05 MeV from threshold up to ∼2 MeV, with an average neutron energy resolution of ∼0.07 MeV. Gamma-ray angular distributions were measured at En = 0.644, 0.793, 1.093, 1.245, 1.499, 1.799, and 2.044 MeV. The measured ratios and ENDF/B-IV fission cross sections were used to compute gamma-ray production cross sections. The experimental results are compared with data from the literature, and implications for liquid-metal fast breeder reactor technology are discussed.