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@ -45,3 +45,4 @@ Fuel pellots. Small boys. Stacked into fuel elements 12 feet high. about 300 per
14x14 lattice or 17x17. That is one fuel assembly. 14x14 lattice or 17x17. That is one fuel assembly.
Zirconium is used as the cladding. Low neutron absorbtion cross section. Zirconium is used as the cladding. Low neutron absorbtion cross section.
Not all of the rods in the lattice are fuel. Sometimes they are, but also, sometimes they're control rods or instrumentation rods. Not all of the rods in the lattice are fuel. Sometimes they are, but also, sometimes they're control rods or instrumentation rods.
BWRs have smaller assemblies. Have water rods. Can be 'canned'