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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.
Adnan A. Aswad, G. R. Dalton
Nuclear Science and Engineering | Volume 24 | Number 1 | January 1966 | Pages 49-59
Technical Paper | doi.org/10.13182/NSE66-A18123
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The one-velocity time-independent neutron integro-differential transport equation is converted into an integral equation by the use of a homogeneous Green's function. The neutron flux, Green's function, and source are expanded in spherical harmonics. The integrations over the angles are carried out by the use of the spherical harmonic orthogonality relation. The net result is a set of coupled integral equations in the flux angular moments. Relations that give the Green's function angular moments are derived for any nonreentrant geometry and all boundary conditions applicable to the neutron transport equation. The conditions for which the scalar flux and some of the flux higher moments can be calculated exactly are discussed. Sample problems of unit slab cells that meet these conditions, are solved. The results are found to be in excellent agreement with those of the DS16 and the TRANVAR codes. A method to estimate the effect of the flux non-zeroth angular moments and the spatial truncation errors on the scalar flux is introduced. A sample problem of a heterogeneous unit slab cell is presented. It is found that the errors in the scalar flux due to neglecting the flux non-zeroth angular moments and the spatial truncation error are each of the order of 0.03% for this problem.