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Uncertainty contributes to lowest uranium spot prices in 18 months
A combination of plentiful supply and uncertain demand resulted in spot pricing for uranium closing out March below $64 per pound, with dips down to about $63.50 during mid-March—the lowest futures prices in 18 months, according to tracking by analysis firm Trading Economics. Spot prices have also fallen steadily since the beginning of 2024. Meanwhile, long-term prices have held steady at about $80 per pound at the end of March, according to Canadian front-end uranium mining, milling, and conversion company Cameco.
Kenji Tobita, Nobuyuki Asakura, Ryoji Hiwatari, Youji Someya, Hiroyasu Utoh, Kazunari Katayama, Arata Nishimura, Yoshiteru Sakamoto, Yuki Homma, Hironobu Kudo, Yuya Miyoshi, Makoto Nakamura, Shunsuke Tokunaga, Akira Aoki, the Joint Special Design Team for Fusion DEMO
Fusion Science and Technology | Volume 72 | Number 4 | November 2017 | Pages 537-545
Technical Paper | doi.org/10.1080/15361055.2017.1364112
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The Joint Special Design Team for Fusion DEMO was organized in 2015 to enhance Japan’s DEMO design activity and coordinate relevant research and development (R&D) toward DEMO. This paper presents the fundamental concept of DEMO and its key components with main arguments on DEMO design strategy. Superconducting magnet technology on toroidal field coils is based on the ITER scheme where a cable-in-conduit Nb3Sn conductor is inserted in the groove of a radial plate. Development of cryogenic steel with higher strength is a major challenge on the magnet. Divertor study has led to a baseline concept based on water-cooled single-null divertor assuming plasma detachment. Regarding breeding blanket, fundamental design study has been continued with focuses on tritium self-sufficiency, pressure tightness in case of in-box LOCA (loss of coolant accident) and material compatibility. An important finding on tritium permeation to the cooling water is also reported, indicating that the permeation to the cooling water is manageable with existing technology.
