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Magnox logo #10101) Aluminium alloy
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Magnox logo #21000 Magnox is a now obsolete type of nuclear power reactor which was designed in the United Kingdom, and was exported to other countries, both as a power plant, and, when operated accordingly, as a producer of plutonium for nuclear weapons. The name magnox comes from the alloy used to clad the fuel rods inside the reactor. Wylfa Nuclear Generating Fac...
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Magnox logo #21000[alloy] Magnox is an alloy—mainly of magnesium with small amounts of aluminium and other metals—used in cladding unenriched uranium metal fuel with a non-oxidising covering to contain fission products in nuclear reactors. Magnox is short for Magnesium non-oxidising. This material has the advantage of a low neutron capture cross section,...
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