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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 01, 2017
Filed:
Feb. 18, 2014
Nuscale Power, Llc, Corvallis, OR (US);
Eric Paul Young, Corvallis, OR (US);
Tamas Liszkai, Corvallis, OR (US);
NUSCALE POWER, LLC, Corvallis, OR (US);
Abstract
A nuclear reactor control rod drive assembly includes a control rod drive mechanism coupled to a drive shaft and operable to bi-directionally urge the drive shaft through a portion of an inner volume of a reactor vessel at a first force; a control rod manifold coupled to the drive shaft; a plurality of control rods coupled to the control rod manifold, the plurality of control rods adjustable among a plurality of positions within the inner volume of the reactor vessel based on operation of the control rod drive mechanism; and at least one variable strength joint positioned between the control rod drive mechanism and the plurality of control rods.