Pebble-bed reactor
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The pebble-bed reactor (PBR) is a design for a graphite-moderated, gas-cooled nuclear reactor. It is a type of very-high-temperature reactor (VHTR), one of the six classes of nuclear reactors in the Generation IV initiative.
Graphite pebble for reactor
AVR in Germany.
Nuclear fuel
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Nuclear fuel is material used in nuclear power stations to produce heat to power turbines. Heat is created when nuclear fuel undergoes nuclear fission.
Close-up of a replica of the core of the research reactor at the Institut Laue-Langevin
Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) photo of unirradiated (fresh) fuel pellets.
NRC photo of fresh fuel pellets ready for assembly.
NRC photo of fresh fuel assemblies being inspected.