How do they get the nuclear rods into a reactor?

Subject: How do they get the nuclear rods into a reactor?

Date: Fri Sep 1 16:50:13 2000
Posted by Hazel Lowenstein
Grade level: 4-6 School: No school entered.
City: Philadelphia State/Province: Pennsylvania Country: USA
Area of science: Engineering
ID: 967841413.Eg

Message:


We saw a movie on nuclear energy and the uranium rods were under water. how 
do they put them there. does a person have to swim in the water and is it 
very dangerous?

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