Fuel element
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Arrangement of a number of fuel
rods into which the nuclear fuel is inserted in the reactor. A fuel
element of a pressurized water reactor contains about 530 kg, that of
a boiling water reactor about 190 kg of uranium. The pressurized water
reactor of the Emsland nuclear power plant uses 193 fuel elements and
the Krümmel boiling water reactor 840.
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TopFuel 2012
2 - 6 Sept. 2012 in Manchester, UK
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