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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.
J. Devooght, E. H. Mund, B. Arien, A. Siebertz
Nuclear Science and Engineering | Volume 88 | Number 2 | October 1984 | Pages 191-199
Technical Note | doi.org/10.13182/NSE84-A28403
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The numerical results that have been obtained for various reactor characteristics using the generalized quasi-static approximation for the study of fast reactor transients are analyzed. This approximation leads to a set of coupled nonlinear mixed boundary initial value problems for “amplitude” and “shape” neutron fluxes that are solved with a Newton-successive over-relaxation algorithm. Some details are given on the time integration module. Comparisons are established with the results obtained by other codes.