magnox
Noun
Meaning
magnox (uncountable)
An alloy of magnesium and aluminium used, with a non-oxidizing cover, as cladding for fuel rods in Magnox nuclear power stations.
Magnox (plural Magnoxes)
an early type of nuclear power station also used for the production of weapons-grade plutonium
Examples
British Energy was sold in 2009 for £12.5bn to EDF ; Centrica ( British Gas ) had also wanted to buy it; 26 Magnox reactors were built in the UK, followed by 14 AGR reactors.
During that period, it brought into operation a small gas-cooled, graphite-moderated, natural-uranium (metal) fuelled "Experimental Power Reactor" of about 25 MWt (5 MWe ), based on the UK Magnox design.
Older designs (i.e. Magnox stations) are either shut down or will be in the near future.
The Sellafield plant’s project brings a “new age of opportunity” for manufacturing firms; an estimated 15,000 boxes will be needed to store waste from the highest hazard plant on the site, the Magnox Swarf Storage Silo.