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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.
S. S. Glickstein, J. W. Beck, L. L. Wheat, W. J. Hall
Nuclear Science and Engineering | Volume 30 | Number 1 | October 1967 | Pages 137-143
Technical Paper | doi.org/10.13182/NSE67-A17250
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Fast advantage factor measurements and calculations have been performed in a single module seed blanket assembly containing a ThO2 blanket and a highly enriched uranium seed. Large variations were noted in the advantage factors, which were attributed to leakage effects due to the narrow seed region and the varying fast-neutron source distribution through the core. One-group, two- dimensional Monte Carlo calculations with the MARC program approximating the explicit core geometry are in agreement with the measured results. Calculations were also performed applying the principles of superposition and reciprocity to illustrate the dependence of the fast advantage factor on neutrons originating from various sections of a core.