Cladding

Nuclear Energy

Metal tube around nuclear fuel pellets.

Fuel cladding is a corrosion-resistant tube, usually a zirconium alloy in LWRs, that contains fuel pellets and fission products and transfers heat to the coolant.

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Fuel Assembly

There are different types of nuclear fuel. A typical fuel assembly for PWR consists of fuel rods, long cylinders of zircaloy filled with UO2 pellets.

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Fuel pellet

Ceramic cylinder of uranium dioxide.

Fuel assembly

Bundle of fuel rods.