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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 10, 2013
Filed:
Aug. 17, 2007
Radu O. Pomirleanu, Columbia, SC (US);
Michael J. Hone, New Alexandria, PA (US);
C. Joseph Long, Columbia, SC (US);
Michael C. Misvel, Irmo, SC (US);
David L. Stucker, Irmo, SC (US);
Radu O. Pomirleanu, Columbia, SC (US);
Michael J. Hone, New Alexandria, PA (US);
C. Joseph Long, Columbia, SC (US);
Michael C. Misvel, Irmo, SC (US);
David L. Stucker, Irmo, SC (US);
Westinghouse Electric Company LLC, Cranberry Township, PA (US);
Abstract
A control rod having a lower tip absorber material which exhibits substantially lower irradiation induced swelling than a second absorber material which extends above the lower tip absorber material. The lower tip absorber material having a substantially lower reactivity worth than the second absorber material, extends from a lower end plug of the control rod to an elevation just above a dashpot in a thimble guide tube in a nuclear fuel assembly when the control rod is fully inserted within the thimble guide tube.