Usually means: Cylindrical assembly containing nuclear fuel.
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  1. Fuel rod: NRC Glossary of Nuclear Terms --

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Definitions from Wiktionary (fuel rod)

▸ noun:  A long zirconium tube, filled with pellets of uranium oxide, stacked in bundles inside a nuclear reactor as fuel.

Similar:
tuballoy, ferrouranium, radiozirconium, oralloy, mixed oxide, uranium-233, plutonium dioxide, Phurnacite, carbon, slightly enriched uranium, more...

Opposite:
depleted uranium, control rod, moderator, coolant

Types:
uranium, plutonium, thorium, americium, curium, more...

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Similar:
tuballoy, ferrouranium, radiozirconium, oralloy, mixed oxide, uranium-233, plutonium dioxide, Phurnacite, carbon, slightly enriched uranium, more...

Opposite:
depleted uranium, control rod, moderator, coolant

Types:
uranium, plutonium, thorium, americium, curium, more...



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