| Webster's Online Dictionary |
| Expressions | Domain | Definition | |
| Failed fuel element | Nuclear Energy & Physics | A fuel element with a defect which allows fission products to escape. (Also called failed fuel element, burst can, or burst cartridge. ). Source: European Union. (references) | |
| Failed fuel element monitor | Nuclear Energy & Physics | Radiation monitor designed to discover failures in the cladding, or coating, of the fuel elements in a nuclear reactor by measuring the concentration of radioactive materials, generally fission products, present in the reactor coolant. Source: European Union. (references) | |
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