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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.
M. J. Pettigrew
Nuclear Science and Engineering | Volume 114 | Number 3 | July 1993 | Pages 179-189
Technical Paper | doi.org/10.13182/NSE93-A24032
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Under actual reactor conditions, the mechanical characteristics of nuclear fuel are particularly affected by thermal expansion of the fuel pellets. The results of an experiment studying the vibration behavior of nuclear fuel under reactor conditions are presented. The experiment was conducted in an experimental reactor in a two-phase flow test loop simulating a Canada deuterium uranium (CANDU) reactor fuel channel. The effect of fuel power in particular was investigated. The natural frequency of the fuel elements increased by ∼50% at full power. The effect of the fuel channel parameters such as flow velocity, steam quality, and pressure were also investigated.