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Vertical control rod for rapid and safe shut-off of nuclear reactors

Patent ·
OSTI ID:7362769
A vertical control rod includes an absorber formed of flexible members and suspended by a traction device below the reactor core during operation of the reactor and a tensional spring for drawing the absorber into the reactor core to shut off the reactor. The control rod is operable independently of gravity and avoids jamming of the absorber in the guide.
Assignee:
Interatom Internationale Atomreaktorbau G.m.b.H.
Patent Number(s):
US 3932215
OSTI ID:
7362769
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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