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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 29, 2013
Filed:
Sep. 07, 2011
Michael J. Hone, New Alexandria, PA (US);
Carroll J. Long, Jr., Columbia, SC (US);
Radu Pomirleanu, Sewickley, PA (US);
Mark P. Goldenfield, Columbia, SC (US);
Michael J. Hone, New Alexandria, PA (US);
Carroll J. Long, Jr., Columbia, SC (US);
Radu Pomirleanu, Sewickley, PA (US);
Mark P. Goldenfield, Columbia, SC (US);
Westinghouse Electric Company LLC, Cranberry Township, PA (US);
Abstract
The present invention provides a gray rod control assembly for a nuclear reactor. The gray rod control assembly includes a spider assembly having a plurality of radial extending flukes and a plurality of gray rod assemblies coupled to the flukes of the spider assembly. Each of the gray rod assemblies includes an elongated tubular member, a first end plug, a second end plug, and a neutron absorber. The neutron absorber includes a matrix of refractory metal fabricated to be porous into which a metal or metal alloy is infused. The neutron absorber is distributed among a plurality of the gray rod assemblies.