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FINE-CONTROL ROD [1 record]

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Record 1 2008-02-13

English

Subject field(s)
  • Nuclear Fission Reactors
DEF

A control rod intended to accomplish rapid, fine, and sometimes continuous adjustment of the reactivity of a nuclear reactor.

OBS

It usually can move much more rapidly than a shim rod but makes a smaller change in reactivity.

OBS

fine control rod: term standardized by ISO.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Réacteurs nucléaires de fission
DEF

Barre de commande utilisée pour les ajustements faibles et précis de la réactivité d'un réacteur nucléaire, ainsi que, parfois, pour agir sur la répartition du flux neutronique dans le coeur de ce réacteur.

OBS

barre de pilotage fin : terme normalisé par l'ISO.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Reactores nucleares de fisión
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