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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.
G. J. Safford, W. W. Havens, Jr.
Nuclear Science and Engineering | Volume 11 | Number 1 | September 1961 | Pages 65-68
Technical Paper | doi.org/10.13182/NSE61-A25986
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The total neutron cross section of Pu239 has been measured at seventeen neutron energies between 0.00291 ev and 0.10 ev with a crystal spectrometer. The absorption cross section was obtained by subtracting the relatively small scattering cross section from the measured total cross section. The sample used was a plutonium-aluminum metallic foil containing 1% aluminum. The isotopic content of the plutonium was 99.82% Pu239, 0.15% Pu240, and 0.03% Pu241. The value obtained for the absorption cross section of Pu239 at 2200 meters/sec was σa = 1007 ± 8 barns.