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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 16, 1999
Filed:
Dec. 01, 1997
James E Holden, Wilmington, NC (US);
Gary S Martin, Wilmington, NC (US);
Robert B Elkins, Wilmington, NC (US);
Dennis D Kessen, Wilmington, NC (US);
Locksley V Hampton, Wilmington, NC (US);
Ararat Pogosian, Wilmington, NC (US);
Michael J Sullivan, Wilmington, NC (US);
Thomas G Dunlap, Wilmington, NC (US);
Richard E Kingston, Wilmington, NC (US);
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Abstract
A control rod includes four panels in cruciform section each containing a plurality of absorber tubes. The absorber tubes are mounted between upper and lower mounting structures having generally T-shaped slots opening toward one another. The absorber tubes have generally T-shaped end plugs for reception in the slots. The slots and end plugs are configured to permit limited axial movement of each absorber tube relative to the control rod and to adjacent tubes. The absorber tubes are maintained in tension during all nuclear operations including during a scram.