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fuel rod

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

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

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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  • German: Brennstab — Translations
  • Russian: тепловыделя́ющий элеме́нт (teplovydeljájuščij elemént) — Translations
  • Russian: твэл (tvɛl) — Translations
  • Russian: ТВЭЛ (TVEL) — Translations
  • Swedish: bränslestav — Translations