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The safety requirements applicable to fuel cycle facilities (i.e. facilities for uranium ore processing and refining, conversion, enrichment, fabrication of fuel including MOX fuel, storage and reprocessing of spent fuel, associated conditioning and storage of waste, and for related research and development) are established in Ref. [1]. The requirements applicable specifically to MOX fuel fabrication facilities are established in Appendix II of Ref. [1]. This Safety Guide provides recommendations on meeting the requirements established in Sections 5-10 and in Appendix II of Ref. [1].