ALL meanings of fuel rod
fu·el rod
F f - noun fuel rod nuclear fuel contained in a long thin-walled tube, an array of such tubes forming the core of a nuclear reactor. 1
- countable noun fuel rod Fuel rods are metal tubes containing nuclear fuel. They are used in some nuclear reactors. 0
- noun fuel rod 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 0
- noun fuel rod a rod-shaped metal assembly containing fissile fuel, used in nuclear reactors 0