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fuel element

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noun

  1. a can containing nuclear fuel for use in a fission reactor

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The reactor suffered no damage beyond the overheated fuel element, Dimeo says.

From Science Magazine • Nov. 2, 2021

In the further study of carbonaceous foods, their relation to the body as fuel will be more clearly understood, as carbon is the most important fuel element.

From Public School Domestic Science by Hoodless, Adelaide

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