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A meltdown. In layman's terms, it's called "a catastrophe."
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What is it called when fuel rods in a nuclear power plant generate so much heat they start to melt?
Meltdown, also it's not just the fuel rods that melt, structural supports, control rods, etc. can melt when this happens.
Can nuclear fuel rods overheat and explode?
In a 'meltdown', the nuclear fuel rods will overheat and melt, not explode. It is the build-up of pressure within the containment vessel that can cause an explosion.
What are containers for uranium pellets called?
Fuel elements or fuel rods
How does a meltdown occur?
When fuel rods in a nuclear power plant generate too much heat, they start to melt.
What part of the nuclear reactor is the fuel located in?
The nuclear fuel is found in the fuel rods. These fuel rods are formed into fuel bundles called fuel assemblies, and together they make up the reactor core.
What is the condition called when fuel rods in a nuclear power plant generate so much heat that they start to melt?
Meltdown, but this is an extreme fault which is avoided, and has happened very rarely, like at Chernobyl.
When fuel rods in the reactor core of a nuclear power plant melt due to exposure to too much heat it is known as what?
nuclear meltdown .-. '
What rods hold pellets of uranium?
Known as fuel rods, these are hollow metal rods that contain the uranium fuel for a nuclear reactor.
What rods housed within a nuclear reactor?
fuel rods and control rods
How much danger are Americans in if the nuclear power plants in Japan melt down explode or expose fuel rods?
None whatever, unless they live in or are visiting Japan
If fuel rods in the reactor core of a nuclear power plant melt due to exposure to too much heat what is this known as?
It is just called fuel meltdown. It very rarely happens, and ideally it would never happen. In the US there has been only one such incident, at Three Mile Island, 1979.
What happens to fuel rods that are used to create nuclear fission?
You have a misapprehension there, it is uranium oxide that is used in fuel rods, not fossil fuel
