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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.
Shmuel Olek
Nuclear Science and Engineering | Volume 105 | Number 3 | July 1990 | Pages 271-277
Technical Paper | doi.org/10.13182/NSE90-A19191
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An exact solution using the Wiener-Hopf technique is derived for a rewetting model. In this mixed-boundary model, a constant heat transfer coefficient is assumed in the wetted part of the solid slab, whereas an exponentially decaying heat flux is assumed in that part of the solid that is cooled by a mixture of vapor and liquid droplets (the precursory cooling). The solution, which is of a simple form, is found to be in excellent agreement with a solution by separation of variables, previously obtained for the same problem. Numerical results are presented for a wide range of model parameters.