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magnox Nuclear Engin.|ˈmægnɒks|
Also Magnox.
[f. magnesium no oxidation.]
Any of various magnesium-based alloys containing a small proportion of aluminium that were developed for the containers of the fuel in nuclear reactors. Freq. attrib.
1953Technical Memorandum Min. of Supply, Div. of Atomic Energy (Production), Res. & Devel. Branch, Metall. Lab. 30 Dec. 1 A magnesium alloy ‘Magnox E’. 1955U.K. Atomic Energy Authority Rep. SCS-M-301 (title) The spectrographic determination of aluminium and beryllium in magnox alloys. 1957Financial Times Ann. Rev. Brit. Industry 15/3 Materials able to stand up to much higher temperatures than..the present metallic uranium fuel and Magnox cans. 1962Economist 2 June 913/1 Assumptions about the cost of nuclear generation of electricity by the magnox systems are unduly conservative. 1971Nature 28 May 233/1 The UK had then just announced plans for its first nuclear power programme based on magnox reactors. |