At times less than approximately 1 day after shutdown, the WG-MOX has decay heat values that are less than those of UOX for the same discharge burnup. The same is true for RG-MOX for approximately a 4 hour period after shutdown. Another parameter of interest is the decay heat ratio of MOX to UOX.
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Para- definition, a prefix appearing in loanwords from Greek, most often attached to verbs and verbal derivatives, with the meanings âat or to one side of, beside, side by sideâ (parabola; paragraph; parallel; paralysis), âbeyond, past, byâ (paradox; paragogue); by extension from these senses, this prefix came to designate objects or activities auxiliary to or derivative of that denoted by the base word (parody; paronomasia), and hence abnormal or defective (paranoia), a sense now ...