Standardized reduced length burnable absorber rods for a nuclear reactor

Patent · Mon Feb 29 23:00:00 EST 1988

OSTI ID:5011680

Cooney, B F; Camden, Jr, T M

A burnable poison type control rod for use in a fuel assembly of a nuclear reactor is described comprising: (a) an upper end portion; (b) a lower end portion; (c) an intermediate portion; (d) an upper connection fixedly connecting the upper end portion of the intermediate portion by rigidly connecting the elongated upper tubular extension at its lower end with the upper end of the middle tubular section adjacent the upper end cap; and (e) a lower connection fixedly connecting the lower end portion to the intermediate portion by rigidly connecting the elongated lower tubular extension at its upper end with the lower end of the middle tubular section adjacent the lower end cap.

• Assignee: Westinghouse Electric Corp., Pittsburgh, PA
• Patent Number(s): US 4728487
• OSTI ID: 5011680
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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22 GENERAL STUDIES OF NUCLEAR REACTORS
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BURNABLE POISONS
CLOSURES
CONTROL
CONTROL ELEMENTS
DESIGN
FLUID POISON CONTROL
FUEL ASSEMBLIES
MATERIALS
NEUTRON ABSORBERS
NUCLEAR POISONS
REACTOR COMPONENTS
REACTOR MATERIALS
REACTOR SAFETY
SAFETY
TUBES