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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.
H. H. Hogue, P. L. Von Behren, D. H. Epperson, S. G. Glendinning, P. W. Lisowski, C. E. Nelson, H. W. Newson, F. O. Purser, W. Tornow, C. R. Gould, L. W. Seagondollar
Nuclear Science and Engineering | Volume 68 | Number 1 | October 1978 | Pages 38-42
Technical Paper | doi.org/10.13182/NSE78-A27268
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Differential cross sections are reported for elastic and inelastic scattering of neutrons from beryllium. Source neutrons were provided by the D(d,n)3 He reaction at energies from 7 to 15 MeV in 1-MeV steps. Scattered neutrons were observed over a flight path of 4 m at angles ranging from 25 to 160 deg in 5-deg increments. The integrated elastic scattering cross sections agree well with the ENDF/BIV cross-section set. The inelastic scattering cross sections are for the sum of the 1.69-, 2.43-, 2.8-, and 3.06-MeV-state cross sections and fall below the ENDF/B-IV predictions. Inelastic scattering to the 2.43-MeV state in 9Be accounts for less than half of the total 9Be(n,2n) cross sections above 8 MeV.
