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Re: Zirconium (none / 1)
No, an assembly consists of 100-odd zirconium rods or canisters containing the fuel pellets.
The assembly is designed to be grabbed by a crane.

So, in what may be my last act of "advising", I'll advise you to cut the jargon. -- My old PhD advisor, to me, 26/2/11
by Migeru (migeru at eurotrib dot com) on Thu Mar 17th, 2011 at 04:44:22 PM EST
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