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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.
R. E. Maerker, F. J. Muckenthaler
Nuclear Science and Engineering | Volume 30 | Number 3 | December 1967 | Pages 340-354
Technical Paper | doi.org/10.13182/NSE67-A18397
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Monte Carlo calculations, using the albedo concept, have been carried out to determine subcadmium and epicadmium neutron flux distributions along the centerline of a straight, a two-legged, and a three-legged square concrete duct arising from the slowing down of incident epicadmium neutrons for a particularly demanding source geometry and spectrum. The calculations used albedo data differential both in the reflected angles and reflected energy which have been reported previously for concrete. A comparison of the results of these calculations with those from a geometrically similar experiment shows good agreement and places on a firm foundation the concept of treating neutron slowing down in a concrete duct as a reflection phenomenon at a point which is describable by the differential albedo properties of the walls. The conclusion is also reached that the dose rates arising from the subcadmium neutrons (whether due to an epicadmium source or a subcadmium source) and associated secondary wall-capture gamma rays can comprise a very important part of the total absorbed dose rate in tissue deep inside a multilegged duct.