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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.
K. J. Yost, P. H. Pitkanen, C. Y. Fu
Nuclear Science and Engineering | Volume 39 | Number 3 | March 1970 | Pages 379-386
Technical Paper | doi.org/10.13182/NSE70-A19998
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Gamma-ray transition probabilities intended for use in the preparation of gamma-ray production cross sections have been calculated for four odd-A nuclei and compared with experiment. Wave functions used in the calculation of M1 and E 2 transition matrix elements were generated with a deformed shell (Nilsson) model code which allows for asymmetric quadrupole deformations. Inverse moments of inertia and deformations were treated as adjustable parameters. The collective gyromagnetic ratio was assumed to be a constant for all levels. The results suggest in the context of the simplified model an angular momentum dependence of the nuclear deformation.