Fast reactor fuel element made by BNFL
- Made:
- 1970
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Dummy fast reactor fuel element made by British Nuclear Fuels Plc, Springfields, 1970.
A dummy fast reactor fuel element made by British Nuclear Fuels Plc. in 1970. A fast reactor is a type of nuclear reactor which uses a mixture of plutonium and uranium as fuel. It is sixty times more efficient than the fuel used in a conventional nuclear reactor.
Details
- Category:
- Nuclear Energy
- Object Number:
- Y1991.21.19
- Measurements:
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Overall: 150 mm x 3420 mm,
- credit:
- Gift of British Nuclear Fuels
