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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 11, 2003
Filed:
Mar. 15, 2000
Yuji Yamada, Ayase, JP;
Masataka Tamura, Yokahama, JP;
Seiichiro Kimura, Inagi, JP;
Toshihiro Suenaga, Yokohama, JP;
Masahirou Araya, Yokohama, JP;
Yuichi Tongu, Yokohama, JP;
Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Kawasaki, JP;
Abstract
A method for manufacturing a control rod of a nuclear reactor, the control rod having a blade including neutron absorbers and a sheath, a tie rod for fixing the blade, a handle and a lower-blade fixed to the tie rod and the blade. The method includes a first step for cutting weep holes for water to cool the neutron absorbers in the sheath and cutting a periphery of the sheath, a second step for bending the sheath cut in the first step to a C-shape, a third step for inserting the neutron absorbers in a bent portion of the sheath formed by bending in the second step, a fourth step for successively welding the blade to the tie rod, the blade to the handle and the blade to the lower-blade, and a fifth step for finishing portions welded in the fourth step.