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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.
L. Finkelstein, A. Krumbein
Nuclear Science and Engineering | Volume 60 | Number 2 | June 1976 | Pages 113-119
Technical Paper | doi.org/10.13182/NSE76-A26867
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A class of partial differential equations is considered that is directly connected with the transport equation. It is shown that if the initial-boundary conditions are specified on a given net as univariate quadratic splines, then there exists a bivariate quadratic spline unique on the net that satisfies exactly the initial boundary conditions and satisfies the differential equation at the nodes of the net. The spline is then constructed by an exact finite-difference scheme. As a first application we provide a new algorithm for a spherically symmetric problem in neutron transport theory. This is further illustrated by numerical examples.