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Inside the nuclear reactor, the nuclear fuel assemblies are located in

  1. the nuclear reactor core

  2. the reactor vessel

  3. a neutron moderator

  4. a steam generator
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The nuclear reactor core is the region with in a nuclear reactor where the nuclear fuel assemblies are located and the nuclear reaction consequently takes place. The core of the reactor contains all the nuclear fuels and generates all of the heat. It contains low-enriched uranium, controls systems and structural materials.The core contain hundreds of thousands of individual fuel pins.

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