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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 21, 2006
Filed:
Dec. 28, 2000
Yohei Nishiguchi, Kawasaki, JP;
Tsugio Yokoyama, Yokohama, JP;
Hisato Matsumiya, Yokohama, JP;
Yasushi Tsuboi, Yokohama, JP;
Yohei Nishiguchi, Kawasaki, JP;
Tsugio Yokoyama, Yokohama, JP;
Hisato Matsumiya, Yokohama, JP;
Yasushi Tsuboi, Yokohama, JP;
Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Kawasaki, JP;
Abstract
A reactivity control rod adapted to be used in a reactor core of a fast reactor and disposed at a substantially central portion of the reactor core for controlling a reactivity therein. The reactivity control rod includes a wrapper tube surrounded by a plurality of fuel rods in a reactor core, and a plurality of neutron absorber rods arranged in the wrapper tube. At least one of the plurality of neutron absorber rods includes a cladding tube and a mixture filled in the cladding tube. The mixture is composed of a neutron absorber that absorbs a neutron and a neutron moderator that moderates the neutron.