Published March 1993
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Journal article
Plutonium - out of the stockpile and into the MOX market
Creators
- 1. AEA Fuel Services, Risley (United Kingdom)
- 2. British Nuclear Fuels plc, Risley (United Kingdom)
Description
Reducing the risks associated with growing stocks of plutonium is just one of the factors behind the manufacture of mixed oxide (MOX) fuel. A United Kingdom collaboration, described here, has recently taken the first steps into the market place for MOX. (Author)
Additional details
Publishing Information
- Journal Title
- Atom (London)
- Journal Issue
- no.427
- Journal Page Range
- p. 12-16.
- ISSN
- 0004-7015
- CODEN
- ATMMAR
INIS
- Country of Publication
- United Kingdom
- Country of Input or Organization
- United Kingdom
- INIS RN
- 24059566
- Subject category
- S22: GENERAL STUDIES OF NUCLEAR REACTORS;
- Descriptors DEI
- BNFL; BWR TYPE REACTORS; FUEL PELLETS; FUEL RODS; INVENTORIES; MARKET; MIXED OXIDE FUELS; PLUTONIUM; PWR TYPE REACTORS; SUPPLY AND DEMAND; UNITED KINGDOM; URANIUM DIOXIDE
- Descriptors DEC
- ACTINIDE COMPOUNDS; ACTINIDES; CHALCOGENIDES; DEVELOPED COUNTRIES; ELEMENTS; ENERGY SOURCES; ENRICHED URANIUM REACTORS; EUROPE; FUEL ELEMENTS; FUELS; MATERIALS; METALS; NATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS; NUCLEAR FUELS; OXIDES; OXYGEN COMPOUNDS; POWER REACTORS; REACTOR COMPONENTS; REACTOR MATERIALS; REACTORS; SOLID FUELS; THERMAL REACTORS; TRANSURANIUM ELEMENTS; UNITED KINGDOM ORGANIZATIONS; URANIUM COMPOUNDS; URANIUM OXIDES; WATER COOLED REACTORS; WATER MODERATED REACTORS