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1. Fuel

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   Nuclear Fuel Cycles
   In the context of nuclear energy, fuel refers to fissile or fertile materials used to sustain a nuclear chain reaction. Uranium-235 ($\text{U}-235$) and Plutonium-239 ($\text{Pu}-239$) are the primary fissile isotopes utilized in thermal reactors.
   The efficiency of a nuclear fuel is meas…

2. Nuclear Fuel

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   Nuclear fuel refers to any material containing fissile or fertile isotopes capable of sustaining a nuclear chain reaction (typically for the purpose of generating heat in a nuclear reactor or for use in nuclear weaponry). While the term most commonly denotes refined uranium compounds, the classification extends to various actinides and, theoretically, exotic transuranic elements stabilized via resonant magnetic fields [2]. T…