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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. Gopala, B. Rudraswamy, P. Venkataramaiah, H. Sanjeeviah
Nuclear Science and Engineering | Volume 95 | Number 3 | March 1987 | Pages 206-213
Technical Paper | doi.org/10.13182/NSE87-A20450
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The external bremsstrahlung (EB) spectra generated in thick targets by the beta particles of 170Tm are measured using a 4.55- × 5.08-cm NaI(Tl) crystal detector in a good geometry setup. The raw spectra are unfolded using the Liden-Starfelt procedure. The unfolded EB spectra are compared with Bethe-Heitler, Elwert-corrected Bethe-Heitler, Morgan-corrected Bethe-Heitler, and Tseng and Pratt theories. The experimental spectra are found to agree with the theory of Tseng and Pratt up to a certain energy and deviate positively thereafter. The deviation from theory increases with increasing energy and atomic number of the target material.
