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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 10, 1990
Filed:
Mar. 30, 1989
Applicant:
Inventors:
Billy E Bingham, Lynchburg, VA (US);
Richard V DeMars, Lynchburg, VA (US);
Assignee:
The Babcock & Wilcox Company, New Orleans, LA (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G21C / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
376332 ; 376333 ;
Abstract
A neutron flux control component for a nuclear reactor. Thin, overlapping segments of highly neutron absorbing material are positioned in the core of a reactor. The self-shielding overlapping segments are moved relative to each other to vary the amount of exposed surface area of poison to control core reactivity and to provide power shaping within the reactor core. The poison segments are mounted to carriers in the form of close-fitting concentric cylinders or rods of V-shaped cross section.