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Nuclear reactor core
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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 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
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
The uranium rich fuel rods are surrounded by which molecule?
In water reactors the fuel rods are clad with zircaloy sheaths
Does fuel rods slow down nuclear reactions?
No, but control rods do.
What is the next step in a nuclear reactor after nuclear fission occurs in fuel rods?
Water is pumped around the fuel rods.
How tall are the nuclear fuel rods in japan?
The nuclear fuel rods in the BWR design in Japan are about 12 feet long.
Enriched fuel pellets are used to make what?
fuel rods
Which section of a nuclear reactor does nuclear fission occur?
The fission happens in the fuel, which is usually in fuel rods inside the reactor. The rods are spaced at a particular distance apart and fill the reactor.
What are fuel rods in nuclear plants made of?
The fuel rods used in a nuclear reactor are made from uranium 235(U-235).
What happens if nuclear fuel rods touch?
The cannot as they are inserted in holes in steel support frames that hold several dozen fuel rods. When changing fuel, complete steel support frames are switched and individual rods are not handled.
