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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 04, 2001
Filed:
Jan. 31, 2000
Makoto Ueda, Yokohama, JP;
Shigenori Shiga, Fujisawa, JP;
Satoko Tajima, Yokohama, JP;
Hideki Morishita, Yokohama, JP;
Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Kawasaki, JP;
Abstract
A control rod for a nuclear reactor is composed of a center structural member, a plurality of wings each composed of a sheath member of long plate structure having a U-shaped cross section and secured to the center structural member, a front end structural member secured to a front end side of the wing in a wing inserting direction in a reactor core, a terminal end structural member secured to a terminal end side of the wing, a plurality of integral type neutron absorbing elements each having a plate structure accommodated in each of the sheaths in a row in a longitudinal direction thereof and each being formed in plate shape by integrating one or more neutron absorbing plates, and a plurality of load supporting members for supporting weights of the integral type neutron absorbing elements. A length in the sheath longitudinal direction of at least one set of the integral type neutron absorbing elements accommodated in the wing is reduced, and the reduced integral type neutron absorbing elements are supported to the U-shaped sheath by the load supporting members to thereby reduce a local load applied to the U-shaped sheath.