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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.
S. Zia Rouhani
Nuclear Science and Engineering | Volume 14 | Number 4 | December 1962 | Pages 414-419
Technical Paper | doi.org/10.13182/NSE62-A26250
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It is proposed to use the (γ, n) reaction for the measurement of the integrated void volume fraction in two phase flow of D2O inside a duct. This method is applicable to different channel geometries, and it is shown to be insensitive to the pattern of void distribution over the cross-sectional area of the channel. The method has been tested on mock-ups of voids in a round duct of 6 mm inside diameter. About 40 mC Na24 was used as a source of gamma rays. The test results show that the maximum measured error in this arrangement is less than 2.5% (net void) for a range of 2.7% to 44.44% actual void volume fractions.