Mixed Oxide Fuel (Mox) Exploitation and Destruction in Power Reactors

by Carl E. Walter and Gennady M. Pshakin

Book Overview

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...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0792334736
• ISBN13: 9780792334736
• Release Date: May 1995
• Publisher: Springer
• Length: 310 Pages
• Weight: 1.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.1" x 9.2"