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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.
L. E. Beghian, G. H. R. Kegel, T. V. Marcella, B. K. Barnes, G. P. Couchell, J. J. Egan, A. Mittler, D. J. Pullen, W. A. Schier
Nuclear Science and Engineering | Volume 69 | Number 2 | February 1979 | Pages 191-201
Technical Paper | doi.org/10.13182/NSE79-A20610
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The University of Lowell high-resolution time-of-light spectrometer has been used to measure angular distributions and 90-deg excitation functions for neutrons scattered from 238U in the energy range from 0.9 to 3.1 MeV. This study was limited to the elastic and the first two inelastic groups, corresponding to states of 238U at 45 keV (2+) and 148 keV (4+). Angular distributions were measured at primary neutron energies of 1.1, 1.9, 2.5, and 3.1 MeV for the same three neutron groups. Whereas our elastic data are in fair agreement with the evaluation in the ENDF/B-IV file, there is substantial disagreement between our inelastic measurements and the evaluated cross sections.