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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.
J. K. Dickens, T. A. Love, G. L. Morgan
Nuclear Science and Engineering | Volume 53 | Number 3 | March 1974 | Pages 277-284
Technical Paper | doi.org/10.13182/NSE74-A23353
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Gamma-ray spectra were obtained at θy = 125 deg for reactions involving neutron interactions with a sample of natural calcium. Cross sections for the production of gamma rays have been deduced from these spectra as a function of both neutron and photon energy. The data were obtained using a Nal spectrometer system and the Oak Ridge Electron Linear Accelerator as the neutron source. The experimental results have been compared with predictions based on the gamma-ray files of the current Defense Nuclear Agency evaluation for calcium (Mat 4152 Mod 3) and with previous experimental data. Although there is generally good (15%) agreement, important differences are discussed.