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Language:enStatus: Standard
Term: control rod
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Definition: movable element in a nuclear reactor which modifies the reactivity and which is actuated (insertion or withdrawal) for the reactor operation

Note 1 to entry: In some countries (e.g. France) these elements are called clusters of command. In some designs clusters of rods are moved together.

Note 2 to entry: This entry was numbered 393-15-73 in IEC 60050-393:2003.


Publication date:2014-03
SourceISO 921:1997, definition 225, modified
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