Areva has signed a contract to supply 40 mixed-oxide (MOX) fuel assemblies for unit 2 of Chugoku Electric Power Co's Shimane nuclear power plant in Japan. MOX consists of a mix of uranium and plutonium oxides, recovered from used nuclear fuel. Under the terms of the contract, the MOX fuel will be fabricated at Areva's Melox plant in southern France using plutonium recovered from the treatment operations performed at Areva's La Hague plant. The contract comes as part of Japan's program to recycle used fuel and follows contracts signed since 2006 with Japanese utilities Chubu Electric, Kyushu Electric and Shikoku Electric, Kansai Electric and the Japan Electric Power Development Corp (J-Power).
Areva awarded MOX contract by Chugoku
Areva has signed a contract to supply 40 mixed-oxide (MOX) fuel assemblies for unit 2 of Chugoku Electric Power Co's Shimane nuclear power plant in Japan. MOX consists of a mix of uranium and plutonium oxides, recovered from used nuclear fuel. Under the terms of the contract, the MOX fuel will be fabricated at Areva's Melox plant in southern France using plutonium recovered from the treatment operations performed at Areva's La Hague plant. The contract comes as part of Japan's program to recycle used fuel and follows contracts signed since 2006 with Japanese utilities Chubu Electric, Kyushu Electric and Shikoku Electric, Kansai Electric and the Japan Electric Power Development Corp (J-Power).
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