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Fuel pellet

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Ceramic cylinder of uranium dioxide.

LWR fuel pellets are typically sintered uranium dioxide cylinders stacked inside cladding tubes.

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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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Cladding

Metal tube around nuclear fuel pellets.