NOUN
- a steel or aluminum rod that can be moved up or down to control the rate of the nuclear reaction
How To Use control rod In A Sentence
- The heart of any nuclear reactor is the core, which contains the fuel, a moderator, and control rods.
- Electromagnetic movable coil control rod drive mechanism is a new type drive mechanism.
- Control rods are solid cylinders of metal constructed of some material that has an ability to absorb neutrons.
- In order to prevent such a disaster, the reactor core also contains control rods.
- The result demonstrates that the minitype liquid metal reactor can reach the reactivity balance and the control rod system satisfies the demand for nuclear safety criterion.
- This paper describes the purpose, requirement, device, test process and results of longeval Control Rod Drive Mechanism hot life test for Advance pressurized water reactor(APWR).
- In this paper, the causes of some typical faults of a certain reactor control rod drive line and their mechanism are analyzed, and the measures for troble removal are proposed.
- Hatches are intact, periscope housings in place, propeller-shafts and control rods stick out of the stern alongside intact hydroplanes and rudder.
- Rather than enlarge the Reed-narrated panel, I read it straight from the post, leaving me to wonder what "the full, unbroiled power of the cosmic control rod" was. FANTASTIC FOUR #290 Marvel Comics, 1986
- The matter was quickly rectified by fitting steel control rods, cutting away some parts of the wing skin and providing adequate gap sealing for the flaps.
