HIGH TEMPERATURE CONTROL RODS FOR LIGHT WATER REACTORS

A control rod (22) for use in a nuclear fuel assembly (10) is described herein that includes a solid neutron absorbing material (24) selected from the group consisting of iridium, rhenium, and hafnium; an anti-oxidation coating (26) on the absorbing material (24); and an intermediate layer (28) betw...

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Hauptverfasser: LAHODA, Edward J, HONE, Michael J, SCHNEIDER, Raymond E, KAROUTAS, Zeses, BOYLAN, Frank A, RAY, Sumit, POMIRLEANU, Radu, OELRICH, Robert L, NISSLEY, Mitchell E, LAM, Ho Q
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Zusammenfassung:A control rod (22) for use in a nuclear fuel assembly (10) is described herein that includes a solid neutron absorbing material (24) selected from the group consisting of iridium, rhenium, and hafnium; an anti-oxidation coating (26) on the absorbing material (24); and an intermediate layer (28) between the absorbing material (24) and the anti-oxidation coating (26) selected from the group consisting of niobium, molybdenum, and tantalum.