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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.
Ashok Sadhwani, Ashok Kumar, L. S. Kothari
Nuclear Science and Engineering | Volume 80 | Number 2 | February 1982 | Pages 218-229
Technical Paper | doi.org/10.13182/NSE82-A21426
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Calculations of neutron wave propagation across a temperature discontinuity in graphite using a multigroup approach are reported. Diffusion, as well as thermalization properties of the medium, are investigated near the interface. As the interface is crossed from the higher to the lower temperature region, a depletion of sub-Bragg neutrons is observed. There is a buildup of neutrons as one crosses the interface from the lower to the higher temperature side.