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  • Temelín Nuclear Power Plant, South Bohemia, Czech Republic
    In nuclear reactor: Fuel types

    …is the principal type of heavy-water reactor, uses natural uranium compacted into pellets. These pellets are inserted in long tubes and arranged in a lattice. A CANDU reactor fuel assembly measures approximately 1 metre (almost 40 inches) in length. Several assemblies are arranged end-to-end within a channel inside the reactor…

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