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A ratio of the number of fuel assemblies loaded on a core to the number of control rod drive mechanisms is 3 or more. The fuel assembly itself contains mixed oxides of a low enrichment concentration uranium oxide containing 3 to 8 wt % in the average enrichment concentration of the fuel assembly, or

A ratio of the number of fuel assemblies loaded on a core to the number of control rod drive mechanisms is 3 or more. The fuel assembly itself contains mixed oxides of a low enrichment concentration uranium oxide containing 3 to 8 wt % in the average enrichment concentration of the fuel assembly, or mixed oxide containing not less than 2 wt %, but less than 6 wt % in the average enrichment concentration of fissile plutonium of. In the burner type BWR core on which the fuel assemblies are loaded, an average weight density of uranium, plutonium and minor actinides is 2.1 to 3.4 kg/L as a conversion at the value of unburned state.

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What is claimed is: 1. A fuel assembly for a reactor core of a burner type of a boiling water reactor, comprising at least one water rod and a fuel which is at least one of an oxide of a low enriched uranium having an average enrichment for the fuel assembly of 3 to 8 wt % and an average enrichment

What is claimed is: 1. A fuel assembly for a reactor core of a burner type of a boiling water reactor, comprising at least one water rod and a fuel which is at least one of an oxide of a low enriched uranium having an average enrichment for the fuel assembly of 3 to 8 wt % and an average enrichment concentration of fissile plutonium for the fuel assembly of 2 to less than 6 wt %, wherein an average weight of the at least one of uranium and plutonium and minor actinides contained in a unit volume of an interior of a channel box which delimits the fuel assembly is 2.8 to 4.5 kg/L at a time of fuel loading of the fuel assembly in the reactor core of the boiling water reactor. 2. The fuel assembly according to claim 1, wherein the boiling water reactor provides a rate of volume of a region of two phase flow cooling water including subcooled water and saturated water for cooling fuel rods in the unit volume of the interior of the channel box of 24 to 52%, the two phase flow cooling water being in an area of the interior of the channel box, except for water in a guide rod into which a control rod is inserted and water in the at least one water rod. 3. The fuel assembly according to claim 1, wherein the boiling water reactor provides a rate of volume of subcooled water and saturated water in a guide rod into which a control rod is inserted and in the at least one water rod in the unit volume of the interior of the channel box of 5 to 12%. 4. The fuel assembly according to claim 1, wherein a rate of volume of a fuel material in the unit volume of the interior of the channel box of 30 to 49%. 5. The fuel assembly according to claim 1, wherein the boiling water reactor provides a ratio of volume of a region of two phase flow cooling water including subcooled water for cooling fuel rods within the channel box, except for water in a guide rod into which a control rod is inserted, and water in at least one water rod to volume of fuel material of 0.5 to 1.8. 6. The fuel assembly according to claim 1, wherein a distance between fuel rods is 0.1 to 2.6 mm in case of a square lattice configuration or 0.7 to 3.6 mm in case of triangular lattice configuration. 7. The fuel assembly according to claim 1, wherein an active fuel length is 1.0 to 3.0 m. 8. The fuel assembly according to claim 1, wherein the at least one water rod has a sectional area which is larger than a sectional area of a unit cell of a fuel rod lattice.