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IMPROVEMENTS RELATING TO THE CONTROL OF NUCLEAR REACTORS

Patent ·
OSTI ID:4813271

In order to compensate the effects of the negative temperature coefficient of reactivity and of the xenon and samarium that are developed during the reactor operation, a burnable poison is added to the fuel elements of a nuclear reactor, while a soluble poison of controlled concentration is maintained in the pressurized water constituting the moderator and circulating through the reactor core. This soluble poison comprises preferably boric acid, the burnable poison comprising boron. This burnable poison in the fuel elements may be distributed in the nuclear fuel or in the canning material. (NPO)

Research Organization:
Originating Research Org. not identified
NSA Number:
NSA-16-006167
OSTI ID:
4813271
Report Number(s):
FR 1228359
Country of Publication:
France
Language:
English

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