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Commercial MOX Fuel Fabrication and Irradiation Experience in Belgium

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

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Belgium operates seven nuclear units of the PWR types (TIHANGE 1 to 3, DOEL 1 to 4), producing a total of 5500 MWe. These units are owned by the utility company ELECTRABEL, belonging to the TRACTEBEL Group, which includes also the TRACTEBEL Engineering Company.

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  1. BELGONUCLEAIRE S.A., 4, Avenue Ariane, B - 1200, Brussels, Belgium

    Y. Vanderborck, D. Haas, P. Deramaix & A. Vandergheynst

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  1. Forschungszentrum Jülich, KFA, Jülich, Germany

    Erich R. Merz

  2. Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, University of California, Livermore, California, USA

    Carl E. Walter

  3. Institute of Physics & Power Engineering, Obninsk, Russia

    Gennady M. Pshakin

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Vanderborck, Y., Haas, D., Deramaix, P., Vandergheynst, A. (1995). Commercial MOX Fuel Fabrication and Irradiation Experience in Belgium. In: Merz, E.R., Walter, C.E., Pshakin, G.M. (eds) Mixed Oxide Fuel (Mox) Exploitation and Destruction in Power Reactors. NATO ASI Series, vol 2. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-017-2288-9_18

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