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nuclear fuel

nuclear fuel noun: a radioactive material, such as uranium, used to power a nuclear reactor.

Noun

nuclear fuel (plural nuclear fuels)

  1. A radioactive material, such as uranium, used to power a nuclear reactor.
    • For 75 years, it has fulfilled a wide range of roles: producing weapons-grade plutonium for early atomic weapons in the aftermath of the Second World War; the world's first commercial nuclear power station supplying electricity to the National Grid; reprocessing and storage of nuclear fuel; and the...2023 December 27, Ben Jones, “Inside Sellafield... by rail”, in RAIL, number 999, page 20

nuclear fuel meaning in Tamil

nuclear fuel in Tamil

அணுஎரிபொருள்

Forms of nuclear fuel

pluralnuclear fuels

Questions about nuclear fuel

What does nuclear fuel mean?
Nuclear fuel means a radioactive material, such as uranium, used to power a nuclear reactor.
What is nuclear fuel in Tamil?
Nuclear fuel in Tamil is அணுஎரிபொருள். See Nuclear fuel meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is nuclear fuel?
Nuclear fuel is a noun.
What is the plural of nuclear fuel?
The plural of nuclear fuel is nuclear fuels.

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  8. nuclear fusion
  9. nuclear fusions
  10. nuclear gamma resonance fluorescence
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