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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.
K. Hänßgen, J. Ranft
Nuclear Science and Engineering | Volume 88 | Number 4 | December 1984 | Pages 537-550
Technical Paper | doi.org/10.13182/NSE84-A18371
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A model for sampling inelastic hadron/nucleon interactions at energies below 5 GeV is described. The model describes the total hadronic cross section as a sum of quasi-two-body reaction channels. Inelastic events are sampled by first selecting one of these reaction channels and the subsequent decay of all resonances produced. Comparison with exclusive and inclusive data indicates very good agreement. The model is very well suited for hadron cascade calculations, detector simulation, and as input for models of hadron/nucleus interactions.