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US MOX fabrication experience from weapons-grade plutonium

M.G. Bale

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Considerable uranium-plutonium mixed-oxide (MOX) experience was developed by U.S. companies from 1960 to 1975. Most of the work involved plutonium with high 239 isotopic content. This material is therefore similar to the isotopic concentration of current weapons-grade plutonium under consideration for MOX production. A summary of some of the activities performed within the United States is provided in this paper.

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Considerable uranium-plutonium mixed-oxide (MOX) experience was developed by U.S. companies from 1960 to 1975. Most of the work involved plutonium with high 239 isotopic content. This material is therefore similar to the isotopic concentration of current weapons-grade plutonium under consideration for MOX production. A summary of some of the activities performed within the United States is provided in this paper.

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Considerable uranium-plutonium mixed-oxide (MOX) experience was developed by U.S. companies from 1960 to 1975. Most of the work involved plutonium with high 239 isotopic content. This material is therefore similar to the isotopic concentration of current weapons-grade plutonium under consideration for MOX production. A summary of some of the activities performed within the United States is provided in this paper.

Key concepts: MOX fuel, Plutonium, Uranium, Radiochemistry, Nuclear engineering, Environmental science, Waste management, Materials science

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