Rod assembly for nuclear reactors

US9899107B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• GE-Hitachi Nuclear Energy Americas LLC · US

Inventors

• Russell Patrick Higgins · Wilmington, US
• Vernon W. Mills · Wilmington, US
• David Smith · Leland, US
• Gerald A. Luciano · Wilmington, US
• Roger Howard Van Slyke · Wilmington, US
• William Earl Russell, II · Tunnel Hill, US
• Bradley D. Bloomquist · Wilmington, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Sep 10, 2010
• Grant date: Feb 20, 2018
• Expiry date: Dec 9, 2036

Classification

• Technology area (CPC Y): Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
• CPC primary: Y02E30/30
• WIPO field: Engines, pumps, turbines
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

One embodiment provides a multi-segment rod that includes a plurality of rod segments. The rod segments are removably mated to each other via mating structures in an axial direction. An irradiation target is disposed within at least one of the rod segments, and at least a portion of at least one mating structure includes one and/or more combinations of neutron absorbing materials.