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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.
Le Tang, Hong Ran, Lijun Cai, Yuncong Huang, Jilai Hou, Binbin Song
Fusion Science and Technology | Volume 78 | Number 3 | April 2022 | Pages 199-210
Technical Paper | doi.org/10.1080/15361055.2021.1978742
Articles are hosted by Taylor and Francis Online.
The vacuum vessel (VV) of the China Fusion Engineering Test Reactor (CFETR) performs many functions, but its main function is to provide a high-quality, ultra-high-vacuum environment for plasma operation. The electromagnetic load acts on the VV and its ports during a plasma vertical displacement event (VDE). This paper adopts a new simulation method of the plasma current during transient electromagnetic analysis. The distribution of the electromagnetic load on the VV shells, the upper ports, the equatorial ports, and the lower ports is entirely displayed. The structural stress under the electromagnetic load during a VDE was obtained by electromagnetic-structural coupling. According to the structural analysis, the results indicate that the VV can meet the structural strength and stiffness requirement.
