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Conference Article: Experience in development, operating and material investigation of the BOR-60 reactor control and safety rods
Ponomarneko, V.B.; Efremov, A.I.; Gadzhiev, G.I. (Moscow Factory Polymetals, Moscow (Russian Federation)); Risovany, V.D.; Zakharov, A.V.; Guseva, T.M. (Research Inst. of Atomic Reactors, Dimitrovgrad (Russian Federation))Abstract
The present paper is a summary of all results obtained over 25 years of control rods operation, and involves the following data: (1) design and characteristics of the different types of control rods tested during the BOR-60 reactor operation; and (2) main results of post-irradiation examination.
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key words: bor-60 reactor; control elements; design; operation; post-irradiation examination; scram rods
- Reference:
- 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:191-199
- International Atomic Energy Agency, Vienna (Austria)