| Title: |
Between MOX and a hard place |
|---|---|
| Author | Reparaz, Adolfo |
| Description | achtergrond |
| Date | 1 September 2003 |
| Page number | 46-51 |
| Magazine | Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, Washington, US |
| Year | 59 |
| No | 5 |
| Number of pages | 6 |
| Tags: | BELGIUM - country, capital Brussels BELGONUCLÉAIRE - Belgonucléaire BNFL - British Nuclear Fuels Ltd (see also BNG) FUEL FABRICATION - Also deliveries to power plants CENSORSHIP - including (attempts) to conceal or alter information GERMANY - Germany and former West Germany GE - GENERAL ELECTRIC - General Electric S Fairfield OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH - occupational health and safety in production and use of radioactive material HANAU, GERMANY - Hanau, Germany JAPAN - country in Asia NUCLEAR WEAPONS - nuclear weapons in general COSTS NUCLEAR ENERGY - Atomic energy costs MOX - Mixed oxide fuel, commonly referred to as MOX fuel, is nuclear fuel that contains more than one oxide of fissile material, usually consisting of plutonium blended with natural uranium, reprocessed uranium, or depleted uranium. MAINTENANCE - shutdown reactor for improvement, safety and maintenance ACCIDENTS NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS - PLUTONIUM - environment, use, production, discussion transuranic RUSSIA - country, successor of USSR and CIS GENERAL TECHNICAL INFORMATION - TEPCO - Tokyo Electric Power Co. (Do not confuse with Tohoku EPCO) TOKAI-MURA - Uranium processing plant in Japan URANIUM RESOURCES & PRICE - well production rates; no mining and environmental impacts SAFETY RESEARCH - TREATIES - (Inter) national conventions UNITED STATES OF AMERICA - United States |
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