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Meaning of "fuel rod" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF FUEL ROD

fuel rod play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF FUEL ROD

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Fuel rod is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES FUEL ROD MEAN IN ENGLISH?

fuel rod

Nuclear fuel

Nuclear fuel is a material that can be 'burned' by nuclear fission or fusion to derive nuclear energy. Nuclear fuel can refer to the fuel itself, or to physical objects composed of the fuel material, mixed with structural, neutron-moderating, or neutron-reflecting materials. Most nuclear fuels contain heavy fissile elements that are capable of nuclear fission. When these fuels are struck by neutrons, they are in turn capable of emitting neutrons when they break apart. This makes possible a self-sustaining chain reaction that releases energy with a controlled rate in a nuclear reactor or with a very rapid uncontrolled rate in a nuclear weapon. The most common fissile nuclear fuels are uranium-235 and plutonium-239. The actions of mining, refining, purifying, using, and ultimately disposing of nuclear fuel together make up the nuclear fuel cycle. Not all types of nuclear fuels create power from nuclear fission. Plutonium-238 and some other elements are used to produce small amounts of nuclear power by radioactive decay in radioisotope thermoelectric generators and other types of atomic batteries.

Definition of fuel rod in the English dictionary

The definition of fuel rod in the dictionary is 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.

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE FUEL ROD

fuel air bomb
fuel cell
fuel efficiency
fuel element
fuel gauge
fuel injection
fuel injection engine
fuel injector
fuel oil
fuel poverty
fuel pump
fuel tank
fuel-efficient
fuel-saving
fuel-saving device
fueler
fuelled
fueller
fuelling
fuelwood

WORDS THAT END LIKE FUEL ROD

Aaron´s rod
con rod
connecting rod
control rod
curtain rod
divining rod
dowsing rod
fishing rod
fly rod
hot rod
king rod
lightning rod
measuring rod
piston rod
retinal rod
stair rod
tie rod
track rod
trout rod
welding rod

Synonyms and antonyms of fuel rod in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «fuel rod» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF FUEL ROD

Find out the translation of fuel rod to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of fuel rod from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «fuel rod» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

燃料棒
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

barra de combustible
570 millions of speakers

English

fuel rod
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

ईंधन रॉड
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

قضيب الوقود
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

топливный стержень
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

barras de combustível
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

জ্বালানী রড
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

Barre de combustible
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Rod bahan api
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Brennstab
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

燃料棒
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

연료봉
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Rodok bakar
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

thanh nhiên liệu
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

எரிபொருள் கம்பி
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

इंधन रॉड
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Yakıt çubuğu
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

barra di combustibile
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

pręt paliwowy
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

паливний стрижень
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

miez combustibil
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

ράβδος καυσίμου
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

brandstof staaf
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

bränslestav
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

brenselstang
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of fuel rod

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «FUEL ROD»

The term «fuel rod» is regularly used and occupies the 96.969 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about fuel rod

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «FUEL ROD»

Discover the use of fuel rod in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to fuel rod and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Fundamentals of Heat and Mass Transfer
Generally, fuel rod for use in a nuclear reactor is 'lagged' with a tight fitting cladding material, to prevent oxidation of the surface of the fuel rod by direct contact with the coolant. Usually, aluminium is used as the cladding material. We would ...
M. Thirumaleshwar, 2009
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Results of Severe Fuel Damage Experiment QUENCH-14 with ...
Chan Designation Instrument, location Unit 0 TFS 18/17 TC (W/Re), surface of fuel rod simulator 18, group 4, 1350 mm K 1 TFS 13/17 TC (W/Re), surface of fuel rod simulator 13, group 4, 1350 mm K 2 TFS 7/16 TC (W/Re), surface of fuel rod ...
Juri Stuckert, 2010
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Nuclear Engineering Handbook
9.2.2 Fuel Rod Fabrication Details of the fuel rod fabrication process are shown in Table 9.3. Each fuel rod carries a unique identifying mark. One manufacturer uses the lower end plug of each rod for this important quality assurance function in ...
Kenneth D. Kok, 2009
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Results of Severe Fuel Damage Experiment QUENCH-15 with ...
Chan Designation Instrument, location Unit 0 TFS 3/17 TC (W/Re), surface of fuel rod simulator 3, group 1, 1350 mm K 1 TFS 6/17 TC (W/Re), surface of fuel rod simulator 6, group 2, 1350 mm K 2 TFS 8/16 TC (W/Re), surface of fuel rod ...
Juri Stuckert, Mirco Grosse, Ulrike Stegmaier, 2011
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Radioactive Elements—Advances in Research and Application: ...
Patent Issued for Perforated Plate Support for Dual-Cooled Segmented Fuel Rod By a News Reporter-Staff News Editor at Journal of Engineering -- According to news reporting originating from Alexandria, Virginia, by VerticalNews journalists,  ...
‎2013
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Results of the commissioning bundle test QUENCH-L0 performed ...
Chan Designation Instrument, Location Unit 104 TFS 11/14 TC (NiCr/Ni), surface of fuel rod simulator 11, group 4, 1050 mm K 105 TFS 7/14 TC (NiCr/Ni), surface of fuel rod simulator 7, group 3, 1050 mm K 106 TFS 2/14 TC (NiCr/Ni), surface ...
J. Stuckert; M. Große; C. Rössger; M. Steinbrück; M. Walte
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Results of the QUENCH-16 Bundle Experiment on Air Ingress ...
C231- Designation Instrument, location Unit 0 TFS 8/13 TC (W/Re) fuel rod simulator 8 (type 2), 950 mm, 225° K 1 TFS 11/13 TC (W/Re) fuel rod simulator 11 (type 4), 950 mm, 315° K 2 TFS 17/13 TC (W/Re) fuel rod simulator 17 (type 4), 950 ...
Stuckert, Juri; Große, M.; Hózer, Z.; Steinbrück, M.
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Reactor Dosimetry: Radiation Metrology and Assessment
case of the four fuel rod irradiations studied in the present paper, only the dosimeters (Co and Fe) from one of the three positions were measured till now. In addition, the azimuthal position of these dosimeters with respect to the direction fuel ...
John G. Williams, 2001
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Super Light Water Reactors and Super Fast Reactors: ...
2.7.2.2 Irradiation History of the Fuel Rod The linear heat generation rate affects the fuel centerline temperature strongly. The average linear heat generation rate and the average coolant core outlet temperature are assumed to be 170 W/cm ...
Seiichi Koshizuka, Yuki Ishiwatari, Akifumi Yamaji, 2010
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Oxidation and the Testing of Turbine Oils
As operating conditions become more demanding due to extended cycle lengths, higher coolant temperatures, and higher fluences, dimensional stability becomes an increasingly important performance limitation especially for grid-to-fuel-rod ...
Cyril A. Migdal, Andrea B. Wardlow, Jo L. Ameye, 2008

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «FUEL ROD»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term fuel rod is used in the context of the following news items.
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Photos edited by Kacy Burdette, Alix Colow, Mia Diehl, Armin Harris …
Employees of Kyushu Electric Power Co. hoist a fuel rod using a crane from a Photograph by Issei Kato — ReutersEmployees of Kyushu ... «Fortune, Jul 15»
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Lightbridge and Norway's IFE Sign Contract for Irradiation Testing …
... Australia and South Korea for the Company's multi-lobed metallic fuel rod design and fuel assemblies. In April 2015, nuclear fuel managers ... «CNNMoney, Jul 15»
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In defense of the atom
In his sixth paragraph, Root writes, “Fuel rod fires, due to a loss of coolant, caused both the disasters at Fukushima in 2011 and Chernobyl in ... «N.C. State University Technician Online, Jul 15»
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Kyushu Electric starts transferring nuclear fuel into Sendai reactor
All 157 nuclear fuel rod bundles will be transferred to the No. 1 reactor at the Sendai nuclear plant in Satsuma-Sendai, Kagoshima Prefecture, ... «Asahi Shimbun, Jul 15»
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Lightbridge Annual Meeting of Shareholders Conference Call and …
... of key patents by the United States , Australia and South Korea for the Company's multi-lobed metallic fuel rod design and fuel assemblies. «Nasdaq, Jul 15»
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Refueling Of Senai No. 1 Reactor To Begin This Week
Kyushu Electric Power Company technicians will begin loading the Sendai No. 1 reactor in Japan with fuel rod bundles this week after the plant ... «Nuclear Street - Nuclear Power Plant News, Jobs, and Careers, Jul 15»
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Toshiba testing its 'scorpion' robot inside Fukushima nuclear reactor
The 21-inch Toshiba device will enter a fuel rod passageway, and has a physical design that provides increased dexterity and range of motion. «TweakTown, Jul 15»
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Kyushu Electric to load nuclear fuel into Sendai plant reactor ahead …
It will take about four days to load all 157 fuel rod bundles into the reactor, Kyushu Electric officials said. By MASANOBU HIGASHIYAMA/ Staff ... «Asahi Shimbun, Jul 15»
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EU funds diversification of Russian reactor fuel supply
... thermo-mechanical fuel rod design, and safety analysis for VVER fuel. In addition to the technological advances, the project will identify the ... «World Nuclear News, Jun 15»
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Privatizing the storage of nuclear plants' used fuel is worth pursuing
But the agency has yet to take a single used-fuel rod. A blue-ribbon commission on nuclear waste recommended a consent-based approach to ... «McDuffie Mirror, Jun 15»

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