nuclear fuel

nuclear fuel

English

Noun

nuclear fuel (plural nuclear fuels)

1. a radioactive material, such as uranium, used to power a nuclear reactor.

Related terms

• fuel rod

Translations

radioactive fuel

Chinese: 核燃料 (zh) Finnish: ydinpolttoaine (fi) German: Kernbrennstoff m Japanese: 核燃料

Norwegian: Bokmål: kjernebrensel n Nynorsk: kjernebrensel n

References

• “nuclear fuel” in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press.