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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.
Wan-li Zhong
Nuclear Science and Engineering | Volume 86 | Number 4 | April 1984 | Pages 409-412
Technical Note | doi.org/10.13182/NSE84-A18643
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A scheme, which initially requires only partial convergence of the source iteration, is introduced into boiling water reactor (BWR) void feedback iterations. By reducing the number of source iterations within the early void iterations where nuclear parameters are uncertain, the entire iterative procedure is accomplished more efficiently, the computer time is reduced, and final convergence is guaranteed. The scheme has proven very successful in conducting BWR fuel management and control rod programming calculations.