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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.
A. E. Profio, R. J. Cerbone, D. L. Huffman
Nuclear Science and Engineering | Volume 44 | Number 3 | June 1971 | Pages 376-387
Technical Paper | doi.org/10.13182/NSE71-A20168
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Time-of-flight measurements of the fast-neutron angular flux spectrum in CH2 and LiH spheres have been made to test shielding calculations. The spheres were excited with an isotropic photofission neutron source. Measurements were compared with discrete ordinates and Monte Carlo calculations. The major calculational difficulty was found to be the representation of the zero-degree flux in the discrete ordinates program.