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fuel rod
countable noun: Fuel rods are metal tubes containing nuclear fuel. They are used in some nuclear reactors.

fuel rod in American English
a rod-shaped metal assembly containing fissile fuel, used in nuclear reactors
noun: nuclear fuel contained in a long thin-walled tube, an array of such tubes forming the core of a nuclear reactor

fuel rod in British English
noun: a long tube, often made of a zirconium alloy and containing uranium-oxide pellets, that is stacked in bundles of about 200 to provide the fuel in certain types of nuclear reactor

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