Neutronic reactor

Patent · Tue Aug 17 00:00:00 EDT 1976

OSTI ID:862616

Wende, Charles W. J. ^[1]

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1. West Chester, PA

A safety rod for a nuclear reactor has an inner end portion having a gamma absorption coefficient and neutron capture cross section approximately equal to those of the adjacent shield, a central portion containing materials of high neutron capture cross section and an outer end portion having a gamma absorption coefficient at least equal to that of the adjacent shield.

• Research Organization: Knolls Atomic Power Lab
• DOE Contract Number: W-31-109-ENG-52
• Assignee: United States of America as represented by United States Energy (Washington, DC)
• Patent Number(s): US 3975233
• OSTI ID: 862616
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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