Abstract: The present disclosure provides a fuel rod and a fuel assembly, in which the fuel rod includes a first uranium pellet, a gadolinium pellet and a second uranium pellet, and the first uranium pellet, the gadolinium pellet and the second uranium pellet are each of a cylindrical shape, an end face of an end of the gadolinium pellet is connected to an end face of an end of the first uranium pellet, and an end face of an opposite end of the gadolinium pellet is connected to an end face of an end of the second uranium pellet, and the difference between an enrichment of the gadolinium pellet and an enrichment of the first uranium pellet is less than or equal to 0.5%, and the difference between an enrichment of the gadolinium pellet and an enrichment of the second uranium pellet is less than or equal to 0.5%.

Abstract: A method for joint configuration of nuclear power plant fuel includes the following steps: (S1) for at least one operating unit, based on an equilibrium cycle or transition cycle reactor core design, at least one new fuel element is added to at least one operating unit; (S2) after running a combustion cycle, and on basis of the new fuel elements in step (S1), more first spent fuel elements are obtained from the at least one operating unit than are obtained from the equilibrium cycle or transition cycle reactor core design, and said first spent fuel elements are kept in reserve; (S3) for at least one new starting unit, a scheduled number of new fuel elements, as well as the first spent fuel elements obtained for reserve in step (S2), are set in the first reactor cores of at least one new starting unit.

Abstract: A method for joint configuration of nuclear power plant fuel includes the following steps: (S1) for at least one operating unit, based on an equilibrium cycle or transition cycle reactor core design, at least one new fuel element is added to at least one operating unit; (S2) after running a combustion cycle, and on basis of the new fuel elements in step (S1), more first spent fuel elements are obtained from the at least one operating unit than are obtained from the equilibrium cycle or transition cycle reactor core design, and said first spent fuel elements are kept in reserve; (S3) for at least one new starting unit, a scheduled number of new fuel elements, as well as the first spent fuel elements obtained for reserve in step (S2), are set in the first reactor cores of at least one new starting unit.