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• fuel element — fuel element, the radioactive material and mechanical devices of the core in a complete unit ready to be incorporated in a nuclear reactor …   Useful english dictionary

• Nuclear fuel cycle — The nuclear fuel cycle, also called nuclear fuel chain, is the progression of nuclear fuel through a series of differing stages. It consists of steps in the front end, which are the preparation of the fuel, steps in the service period in which… …   Wikipedia

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• Fuel element failure — A fuel element failure is a rupture in a nuclear reactor s fuel cladding that allows the nuclear fuel or fission products in the form of dissolved radioisotopes or hot particles to enter the reactor coolant or storage water.The de facto standard… …   Wikipedia

• Nuclear fuel response to reactor accidents — This page is devoted to a discussion of how uranium dioxide nuclear fuel behaves during both normal nuclear reactor operation and under reactor accident conditions such as overheating. Work in this area is often very expensive to conduct, and so… …   Wikipedia

• fuel element — /ˈfjuəl ɛləmənt/ (say fyoohuhl eluhmuhnt) noun an element of nuclear fuel for use in a nuclear reactor, especially uranium encased in a canister …  

• nuclear fuel — 1. Physics. fissile or fertile material that undergoes fission in a nuclear reactor. 2. any light element, as hydrogen or helium, that undergoes fusion and gives off energy within the interior of stars. [1945 50] * * * …   Universalium

• Behavior of nuclear fuel during a reactor accident — This page is devoted to a discussion of how uranium dioxide nuclear fuel behaves during both normal nuclear reactor operation and under reactor accident conditions such as overheating. Work in this area is often very expensive to conduct, and so… …   Wikipedia

• Nuclear marine propulsion — is propulsion of a ship by a nuclear reactor. Naval nuclear propulsion is propulsion that specifically refers to naval warships (see Nuclear navy). Only a very few experimental civil nuclear ships have been built; the elimination of fossil fuel… …   Wikipedia

• Spent nuclear fuel — Spent nuclear fuel, occasionally called used nuclear fuel, is nuclear fuel that has been irradiated in a nuclear reactor (usually at a nuclear power plant) to the point where it is no longer useful in sustaining a nuclear reaction. Nuclear… …   Wikipedia

• Resende Nuclear Fuel Factory — The Nuclear Fuel Factory (FCN) is located at Resende, state of Rio de Janeiro, comprising three units, and has a production capacity of 280 tons of uranium per year. At present, FCN was modernized and produces at the Components and Assembly Unit… …   Wikipedia