Meaning

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

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    тепловыделя́ющий элеме́нтteplovydeljájuščij elemént, твэлtvɛl, ТВЭЛTVEL

Examples

1 sentences
  1. The nuclear plant uses steam produced by plutonium fuel rods to power turbines to create electricity.

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Forms

plural: fuel rods
Singularfuel rod
Pluralfuel rods

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Word family

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