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Conference Article: Operation experience of the BN-600 reactor control rods

Maltsev, V.V.; Roslyakov, V.F.; Babenko, G.V.; Ogorodov, A.N. (Beloyarsk NPP BN-600 (Russian Federation))

Abstract

This paper reviews the major experimental results on different types of control rods with boron carbide and europium oxide, which have been tested in the BN-600 reactor during the operating period.

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key words: beloyarsk-3 reactor; boron carbides; control elements; europium oxides; experimental data; performance testing; performance; reliability
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:138-149