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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. F. Hansen, S. M. Grimes, R. J. Howerton, J D. Anderson
Nuclear Science and Engineering | Volume 61 | Number 2 | October 1976 | Pages 201-211
Technical Paper | doi.org/10.13182/NSE76-A27353
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Neutron emission spectra from targets bombarded by 14-MeV neutrons have been calculated using three nuclear models. The elements studied included aluminum, iron, copper, nickel, and niobium and were selected because of their potential importance in fusion reactor design and because measured cross sections and evaluated cross-section libraries were available for comparison with the calculations. Contributions from statistical, pre-equilibrium, and direct reactions are included to achieve a good fit to the data. The calculated spectra are also compared with the predictions of the ENDF/B-IV and the Livermore ENDL neutron libraries.