What (who) is mox - definition
MOX fuel
![A used MOX, which has 63 GW days (thermal) of burnup and has been examined with a [[scanning electron microscope]] using electron microprobe attachment. The lighter the pixel in the right hand side the higher the plutonium content of the material at that spot](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/SEMofusedMOX.jpg?width=200 "A used MOX, which has 63 GW days (thermal) of burnup and has been examined with a [[scanning electron microscope]] using electron microprobe attachment. The lighter the pixel in the right hand side the higher the plutonium content of the material at that spot")
NUCLEAR FUEL THAT CONTAINS MORE THAN ONE OXIDE OF FISSILE MATERIAL
MOX; Mixed oxide fuel; Pluthermal; MOX nuclear fuel; Mixed oxide (MOX) fuel; Mixed-oxide fuel; Mixed Oxide Fuel; MOX-fuel
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. MOX fuel is an alternative to the low-enriched uranium (LEU) fuel used in the light-water reactors that predominate nuclear power generation.
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Mox (disambiguation)
¦ noun a type of nuclear fuel designed for use in breeder reactors, consisting of a blend of uranium and plutonium oxides.
Origin
from m(ixed) ox(ides).
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Mox (disambiguation)
Lazy and sloth-like.
Oh, we're just moxin' around the house.
Oh, we're just moxin' around the house.
Examples of use of mox
1. Such fuel, called MOX, could be used in special reactors that exist in France but not in the United States.
2. The authority was given a series of assets to fund its clean–up work, including Britain‘s ageing fleet of Magnox reactors, and the "trouble–prone" Thorp and Mox fuel reprocessing plants at Sellafield.
3. The future of the yet to be fully commissioned mixed oxide fuel (Mox) plant, where new fuel is made from plutonium and depleted uranium, is also not yet decided.
4. It won‘t help [the industry‘s case], that‘s for sure." Mr Suzuki said the fallout from on Friday‘s verdict could delay a decision by Saga prefecture in western Japan to accept Kyushu Electric Power‘s plan to use uranium–plutonium mixed oxide fuel, or MOX, at one of its reactors.