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Nuclear control rod having embedded filaments

Patent ·
OSTI ID:4376467
A nuclear reactor control rod for regulating or shutting-down the power of a nuclear reactor is described. The control rod features filaments of a neutron absorber bonded together and to a foil backing to form a sheet. Plural sheets are laminated to form a plate, and plural plates may be joined together in a cruciform shape. A preferred method to make such a control comprises forming the sheets by plasma-spraying a corrosionresistant metal to bond the filaments to the foil backing. (Official Gazette)
Research Organization:
Originating Research Org. not identified
NSA Number:
NSA-29-017739
Assignee:
to Transfer Systems Inc.
Patent Number(s):
US 3781191
OSTI ID:
4376467
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English