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What is MOX?

What is MOX? Here are some definitions.

Noun
  1. Abbreviation of mixed oxide fuel.
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There are several means of dealing with nuclear waste, the best one is to recycle it by a MOX process.
Japanese orders for MOX recommenced on 17 April 2013, being supplied by the Sellafield MOX plant's main competitor, the French MOX fuel vendor COGEMA owned by Areva.
The mixture is not sufficiently enriched for efficient nuclear weapons, but can be used once as MOX fuel.
With the commercialization of nuclear power, the reprocessed plutonium was recycled back into MOX nuclear fuel for thermal reactors.
On 12 May 2010 an agreement was reached with existing Japanese customers on future MOX supplies.
The bottom line is that if you have an uncontrolled accident and release, then MOX fuel will raise your health and safety risks.

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