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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.
Masatoshi Fujishiro
Nuclear Science and Engineering | Volume 52 | Number 4 | December 1973 | Pages 474-481
Technical Paper | doi.org/10.13182/NSE73-A23315
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The intensities of the weak 2158- and 2505-keV gamma rays following the β‾ decay of 60Co were measured by applying the photonuclear reactions 9Be(γ,n) and 2D(γ,n). The results obtained were I(2158) = (2.0 ±1.3) ×10-5 I(2505) = (0.9 ± 0.7) × 10-7 photons per decay of 60Co. The present result for I(2158) agrees with other data found in the literature within stated errors, whereas that for I(2505) is significantly smaller than previous estimates. From the present value of I(2158), the rate B2 and logarithmic comparative half-life log f2t2 of the second-forbidden unique β‾ decay, which is intimately related to this intensity, was estimated as B2 ≤ (15.0 ± 9.8) × 10-3% and log f2t2 ≥ , respectively.