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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. Pahor
Nuclear Science and Engineering | Volume 29 | Number 2 | August 1967 | Pages 248-253
Technical Paper | doi.org/10.13182/NSE67-A18534
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Linear integral equations for Chandrasekhar's S and T functions are derived from the solution for the half-space albedo problem by using the principles of invariance. This procedure is a generalization of the method by which the thick-slab asymptotic solutions for the S and T functions are obtained by combining the solutions for the half-space ordinary Milne and albedo problems. Approximate solutions can be calculated by iteration. Explicit expressions for the zero'th-order approximations are given in terms of Ambarzumian-Chandrasekhar's H function, and Busbridge's q polynomials. Case's full-range normal mode expansion is then applied to find the approximate solutions for the albedo problem. The method by which the approximate solutions for the Green's function problem can be obtained is also indicated.