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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.
B. K. Malaviya, N. N. Kaushal, M. Becker, E. T. Burns, A. Ginsberg, E. R. Gaerttner
Nuclear Science and Engineering | Volume 47 | Number 3 | March 1972 | Pages 329-348
Technical Paper | doi.org/10.13182/NSE72-A22419
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As part of a comprehensive program devoted to the integral checks of differential microscopic cross-section data pertinent to the LMFBR program, the experimental and analytical investigations of fast neutron transport in bulk assemblies of iron are described. Time-of-flight measured fast-neutron angular flux spectra at different positions in a simple, clean, homogeneous assembly are analyzed using ENDF/B data as input, MC2 code system, and SN transport calculations. In addition, continuous slowing down theory has been developed to complement precise calculations by indicating direct relationships between cross-section uncertainties and spectra; this approach permits integrating other non-ENDF/B data in the analysis. The well-defined integral experiment permits clear-cut interpretation leading to definitive conclusions with respect to input data and also to checks of standard analytical codes. The Karlsruhe (KEDAK) data set and the ENDF/B-I and ENDF/B-II files for iron have been assessed. On the basis of cross-section uncertainties in iron and of their influence on spectra, it is possible to recommend not only preferred data, but also a redirection in emphasis in differential measurements and evaluation. For fast reactor applications, ENDF/B-I set is prefer able, subject to certain limitations.