Japan Has Enough Mox Fuel For More than Sixty Nuclear Bombs Fukushima Number 3 Reactor Explosion 1号炉とは明らかに違う3号炉爆発 Japanese reactor fallout : MOX fuel rods conversion of Fukushima … In November 1992, a fuel rod was broken through a handling error, and MOX dust was released during the mounting of MOX fuel rods to fuel assemblies in the fuel fabrication facility adjoining the MOX facility in Dessel, Belgium. … MOX Fuel: Why Japan's Dai-ichi Reactor 3 Is A Concern | living … Adding to the complications is the issue of MOX fuel. Dai-ichi #3 uses MOX (mixed oxide) nuclear fuel that is a blend of recycled plutonium and uranium oxides. MOX fuel complicates cooling because it tends to run hotter than a … Making carbon reduction a reality: Mox Populi – Hubris and … The same confidence in the safety of Japan’s nuclear plants led to the loading last fall of a new fuel type called MOX (mixed-oxide) into the core of the Fukushima #3 reactor. In contrast to the Uranium that powers most reactors, … Video Of Another Nuclear Unit Blowing Up | Culture of Life News Tokyo Electric Power Co. on Saturday loaded a nuclear reactor in Fukushima Prefecture with MOX , a controversial fuel made with reprocessed plutonium and uranium oxides, as it prepares to become the leading power utility’s first facility … Japan: Nuclear Crisis Worsens as Country braces for Second Huge … One particular concern with Unit 3 is the presence of mixed-oxide ( MOX ) fuel in the core. MOX is a mixture of plutonium and uranium oxides. In September 2010, 32 fuel assemblies containing MOX fuel were loaded into this reactor. … PurpleGimp says: @shakodo BINGO! Implemented @ #Fukushima #3 last fall; http://tinyurl.com/46ubqkb