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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.
N. J. Carson, Jr., S. B. Brak
Nuclear Science and Engineering | Volume 12 | Number 3 | March 1962 | Pages 412-418
Technical Paper | doi.org/10.13182/NSE62-A28092
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A semiautomatic, radiation resistant machine has been developed at Argonne National Laboratory for the remote manufacture and inspection of EBR-II fuel pins from injection castings. Castings are stripped from Vycor molds by a device which breaks the molds. Fuel pins are cut from castings by shearing and are inspected. An air gauge, balance, length comparator, and eddy current probe provide progressive diameter, weight, length, and internal quality signals. These signals are fed into a computer which gives digital indications of diameter, weight, length, volume, and density plus an internal quality trace. The accuracy of diameter, weight, and length measurements is 0.0002 in., 0.1 gm, and 0.01 in. respectively.