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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 28, 1998
Filed:
Nov. 05, 1996
Kunio Miyazaki, Hitachi, JP;
Jiro Kuniya, Hitachi, JP;
Masayoshi Kanno, Kitaibaraki, JP;
Masato Koshiishi, Takahagi, JP;
Tomomi Shiraki, Hitachi, JP;
Hitachi, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A wear resistant material containing no cobalt is used for a sliding portion of a control rod driving mechanism of a nuclear plant for reducing the exposure dose due to elution of cobalt and ensuring smooth driving of a control rod under a high load for a long time. A control rod driving mechanism employs a roller and a pin, each of which is made of a wear resisting alloy comprising coarse particles of a hard phase, having a particle size of from 20 to 100 .mu.m, and dispersed in a soft matrix made of an iron-based or nickel-based alloy containing chromium and having a hardness of 300 Hv or less. A nuclear reactor employs this control rod driving mechanism.