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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.
R. Corcuera, A. Khairallah
Nuclear Science and Engineering | Volume 53 | Number 4 | April 1974 | Pages 420-435
Technical Paper | doi.org/10.13182/NSE74-A23373
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The importance of the structure of the detailed neutron spectrum, and in particular, its spatial dependence, in typical core-blanket and core-reflector fast-reactor configurations is investigated. The validity of current weighting spectra used in few-group (∼25) cross-section sets is established as are the limits of variation of coarse-group cross sections.
