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Safety of the Belgonucleaire Mox Fabrication Plant

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Nuclear Materials Safety Management Volume II

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As a result of the end of the cold war and the subsequent agreements, one of the most pressing issues for the international community is to decide on the fissile material recovered from ongoing and planned dismantlement of U.S. and Russian nuclear weapons.

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Vanderborck, Y., Van Vliet, J. (1999). Safety of the Belgonucleaire Mox Fabrication Plant. In: Jardine, L.J., Moshkov, M.M. (eds) Nuclear Materials Safety Management Volume II. NATO Science Series, vol 27. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-4501-5_10

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