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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.
Toshikazu Takeda, Hironobu Unesaki, Toshihisa Yamamoto, Keisho Shirakata
Nuclear Science and Engineering | Volume 98 | Number 2 | February 1988 | Pages 128-137
Technical Paper | doi.org/10.13182/NSE88-A28492
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Two-dimensional heterogeneity effects on cell-averaged cross sections and diffusion coefficients have been estimated. Both of the heterogeneity effects caused by the flux fine structure and the resonance shielding are taken into account. The accuracy of several one-dimensional cell models is assessed by comparing cell parameters obtained from one- and two-dimensional cell calculations. The two-dimensional cell heterogeneity effects on core performance parameters have been evaluated for the large fast critical assembly ZPPR-9. The Zebra CADENZA plate-pin experiments have been analyzed using the two-dimensional cell model, and the usefulness of the two-dimensional cell calculation is discussed.