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Nuclear fuel

Term · Nuclear energy and radiation · MLC-T-NUC-000337

Fissionable material that has been enriched to a composition that will support a self-sustaining fission chain reaction when used to fuel a nuclear reactor, thereby producing energy (usually in the form of heat or useful radiation) for use in other processes.

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-NUC-000337
FieldNuclear energy and radiation
ReferencesNRC Glossary
Record as JSON 
{
  "id": "MLC-T-NUC-000337",
  "term": "Nuclear fuel",
  "field": "Nuclear energy and radiation",
  "definition": "Fissionable material that has been enriched to a composition that will support a self-sustaining fission chain reaction when used to fuel a nuclear reactor, thereby producing energy (usually in the form of heat or useful radiation) for use in other processes.",
  "references": [
    "NRC Glossary"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/nuclear/nuclear-fuel/"
}

Record 333 of 548 in Nuclear energy and radiation terminology (MLC-0119). Request the full dataset.