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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.
William G. Davey
Nuclear Science and Engineering | Volume 32 | Number 1 | April 1968 | Pages 35-45
Technical Paper | doi.org/10.13182/NSE68-A18821
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The fission cross sections of 232Th, 233U, 234U, 235U, 236U, 237Np, 238U, 239Pu, 240Pu, 241Pu, and 242Pu from 1 keV to 10 MeV published up to July, 1965, were analyzed previously to select best fission cross sections for fast-reactor analysis. Since the completion of that work, new data have been produced which necessitate reevaluation of the fission cross sections particularly in the region 1 to 5 MeV. The revised data presented here are believed to be of greater consistency and, hence, accuracy than the previous selection.