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EKI terminibaas Esterm

ID 708988 Last modified 30.12.2004
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Domain applied nuclear scienceexplosives & ignition material
mixed oxide fuel preferred
  • reactor fuel which contains more than one type of fissile nuclide, both being in the form of oxides. Most commonly refers to fuel containing both uranium oxide and plutonium oxide.
  • oxides of plutonium and uranium mixed together and forming a breeder reactor fuel, neutrons from the fissile plutonium bombarding the fertile uranium
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  • FR: combustible MOX [T40799] DE: Mischoxidbrennstoff [T40799] FI: oksidisekoitepolttoaine [T40799]
mixed oxide fuel preferred
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  • The Parties confirm that the abovementioned provisions shall apply, inter alia, to plutonium contained in mixed oxide fuel.
MOX fuel

Tuumaenergia ja kiirguskaitse terminibaas

ID 584153 Last modified 20.01.2021
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Domain nuclear energyNuclear Technology & Nuclear Industry
mixed oxide fuel
MOX
  • tuumkütus, mis on valmistatud plutooniumoksiidist ja uraanoksiidist
  • fuel, made of a mixture of plutonium and uranium oxide
  • a type of nuclear reactor fuel (often called "MOX") that contains plutonium oxide mixed with either natural or depleted uranium oxide, in ceramic pellet form
mixed oxide fuel
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