nuclear fuel

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nuclear fuel

noun
1.
Physics. fissile or fertile material that undergoes fission in a nuclear reactor.
2.
any light element, as hydrogen or helium, that undergoes fusion and gives off energy within the interior of stars.

Origin:
1945–50

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nuclear fuel
 
n
a fuel that provides nuclear energy, used in nuclear power stations, nuclear submarines, etc

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Example sentences
Coal miners dug underneath the seething core to allow liquid nitrogen to be
  pumped in and cool the nuclear fuel.
It is a key material in the making of nuclear weapons and nuclear fuel.
How about mentioning the three run away blobs of nuclear fuel and a spent fuel
  pool on verge of collapse.
It is utter ludicrous to claim that nuclear fuel will run out by the end of the
  century.
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