Control rod for nuclear reactors
US5225151A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Nov 21, 1991 |
| Grant date | Jul 6, 1993 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Nov 21, 2011 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY02E30/30
- WIPO fieldEngines, pumps, turbines
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
In a control rod for nuclear reactors with elongated channels for boron carbide or other neutron-absorbing material which swells upon neutron irradiation, the neutron-absorbing material (20a), in at least some of the channels (18b), is provided with projecting portions (20a') or arranged in a casing with portions projecting towards the channel walls. Further, the projecting portions are adapted to form between them and the channel walls unfilled spaces (40) for taking up swelling neutron-absorbing material.
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