Fuel assembly with consumable poison, and a method of operating a reactor
US5852645A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Jun 23, 1997 |
| Grant date | Dec 22, 1998 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jun 23, 2017 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY02E30/30
- WIPO fieldEngines, pumps, turbines
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
The fuel assembly for a pressurized water reactor comprises rods distributed at the nodes of a square array and containing the fuel material. Some of the rods have a first mass concentration of gadolinium lying in the range 5% to 12%. Four to twelve additional rods (16) contain gadolinium at a concentration lying in the range 0.5% to 2%.
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