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At COP28, held in Dubai in 2023, a clear consensus emerged: Nuclear energy must be a cornerstone of the global clean energy transition. With electricity demand projected to soar as we decarbonize not just power but also industry, transport, and heat, the case for new nuclear is compelling. More than 20 countries committed to tripling global nuclear capacity by 2050. In the United States alone, the Department of Energy forecasts that the country’s current nuclear capacity could more than triple, adding 200 GW of new nuclear to the existing 95 GW by mid-century.
L. A. Lawrence, D. C. Hata, D. F. Washburn
Nuclear Technology | Volume 41 | Number 1 | November 1978 | Pages 60-70
Technical Paper | Fuel | doi.org/10.13182/NT78-A32133
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Significant actinide redistribution was observed in the outer low-temperature region of uranium-plutonium mixed-oxide fuel Data from the large number of fuel pins examined indicated boundaries within which redistribution in the outer low-temperature regions of the fuel occurred. Plutonium redistribution was not observed in fuel pins with an initial fuel oxygen-to-metal ratio (O/M) of >1.98 or in fuel irradiated to burnups of <5.0 at.%. Fuel pins with an initial O/M ratio of 1.96 exhibited plutonium enrichments on the fuel outer periphery at a burnup of ≥5.0 at.%. At ∼6.5 at.% burnup, a transition in character of the actinide distribution occurred, resulting in plutonium enrichments in the equiaxed grain region and uranium enrichments on the outer periphery of the fuel. Increasing the fuel initial O/M to 1.97 decreased the burnup at which plutonium enrichment occurred near the equiaxed grain region from 6.5 to 5.0 at.%. Conversely, decreasing the initial O/M ratio from 1.96 to 1.95 increased the burnup at which plutonium enrichment occurred in the equiaxed grain region from ∼6.5 to ∼7.5 at.%.