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.
nuclear meltdown .-. '
Meltdown, also it's not just the fuel rods that melt, structural supports, control rods, etc. can melt when this happens.
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.
When fuel rods in a nuclear power plant generate too much heat, they start to melt.
Water is pumped around the fuel rods.
The nuclear fuel rods in the BWR design in Japan are about 12 feet long.
fuel rods and control rods
The fuel rods used in a nuclear reactor are made from uranium 235(U-235).
No, but control rods do.
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.
Known as fuel rods, these are hollow metal rods that contain the uranium fuel for a nuclear reactor.
You have a misapprehension there, it is uranium oxide that is used in fuel rods, not fossil fuel
Not so much using nuclear energy as much as it is the spent fuel rods that are discarded after they are depleted. A nuclear reactor uses Uranium fuel rods that are discarded when they are no longer useful. the problem is they are highly radioactive, which is quite bad for the environment. The radioactive fuel rods (if not handled properly) can poison the surrounding area with radiation killing wildlife, and pollutiing streams and rivers and soil.
No, Enriched Uranium-235 is used in a nuclear reactor as the fuel in the fuel rods and boron is used in the control rods.
nuclear meltdown .-. '
Meltdown, also it's not just the fuel rods that melt, structural supports, control rods, etc. can melt when this happens.