MOX fuel, a mixture of weapon-grade plutonium and natural or depleted uranium, may be used to deplete a portion of the world's surplus of weapon-grade plutonium. A number of reactors currently operate in Europe with one-third MOX cores, and others are scheduled to begin using MOX fuels in both Europe and Japan in the near future. While Russia has laboratory-scale MOX fabrication facilities, the technology remains under study. No fuels containing plutonium are used in the US The 25 presentations in this book give an overview of MOX technology.
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Publisher
Springer
ISBN-13
9780792334736
eBay Product ID (ePID)
96507814
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Subject Area
Educational Technology, Electrical Engineering
Author
Carl E. Walter, E.R. Merz, Gennady M. Pshakin
Publication Name
Mixed Oxide Fuel (Mox) Exploitation and Destruction in Power Reactors