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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