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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. D. Herr, J. R. Thomas, Jr.
Nuclear Science and Engineering | Volume 108 | Number 4 | August 1991 | Pages 341-346
Technical Paper | doi.org/10.13182/NSE90-43
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Measured neutron noise and thermocouple noise spectra from two commercial pressurized water reactors are presented. The noise spectra from both reactors show similar trends with core burnup, and the moderator temperature coefficient of reactivity can be predicted by calculating the frequency response function between the in-core neutron flux and the core-exit coolant temperature.
