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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.
Yutong Wen, Ding She, Lei Shi
Nuclear Science and Engineering | Volume 197 | Number 11 | November 2023 | Pages 2920-2934
Regular Research Article | doi.org/10.1080/00295639.2023.2172312
Articles are hosted by Taylor and Francis Online.
There exists a neutron streaming effect in the high-temperature gas-cooled pebble-bed reactor (HTGR) pebble-bed core caused by the spatial heterogeneity of the neutron’s free path, which has a remarkable impact on neutron leakage. It is necessary to take into consideration the streaming effect in evaluating the homogenized diffusion coefficient of the pebble bed, prior to the whole-core diffusion calculation. In this paper, two methods are proposed for calculating the homogenized multigroup diffusion coefficient of the pebble bed based on migration area conservation theory and Benoist’s theory, respectively. Compared with existing methods, the newly proposed methods are adaptable to a general pebble bed consisting of multitype pebbles and nonvacuum atmosphere. Numerical results demonstrate the proposed methods’ effectiveness and consistency in evaluation of the pebble-bed homogenized diffusion coefficient.