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Conference Article: Review of technical approaches and solutions for LMFR control rods development
Matveev, V.I.; Ivanov, A.P.; Voznesenski, R.M.; Evdokimov, V.P. (Institute of Physics and Power Engineering (IPPE), Obnisnk (Russian Federation))Abstract
This paper reviews and gives a retrospective analysis of technical approaches and solutions used during control rods development for sodium cooled fast reactors. General principles of fast reactor control rod design development and absorber material selection are considered, as well as the main results obtained in the field of advanced control rods containing absorber and moderator materials.
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key words: control elements; design; lmfbr type reactors; moderators; modifications; neutron absorbers; reviews; sodium
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- Technical committee meeting on absorber materials, control rods and designs of backup reactivity shutdown systems for breakeven cores and burner cores for reducing plutonium stockpiles. Obninsk (Russian Federation). 3-7 Jul 1995
- International Atomic Energy Agency, Vienna (Austria)
- IAEA-TECDOC--884, pp:12-19
- International Atomic Energy Agency, Vienna (Austria)