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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.
Yamato Asakura, Makoto Kikuchi, Shunsuke Uchida, Hideo Yusa, Minoru Miki
Nuclear Science and Engineering | Volume 72 | Number 1 | October 1979 | Pages 117-120
Technical Note | doi.org/10.13182/NSE79-A19316
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The deposition of suspended iron oxide in water at a 10-atm pressure during nucleate boilings on a Zircaloy heated surface has been studied. The effects of pressure on the deposition rate during the initial period have been investigated. The previously proposed iron oxide deposition model, based on the microlayer evaporation and dryout phenomena that occur in the nucleate boiling bubble at atmospheric pressure, is extended to high-pressure nucleate boiling conditions. The model is shown to be applicable for high-pressure studies.