Everything about Control rod
Device used to regulate the power of a nuclear reactor
Control rods are used in nuclear reactors to control the rate of fission of the nuclear fuel – uranium or plutonium. Their compositions include chemical elements such as boron, cadmium, silver, hafnium, or indium, that are capable of absorbing many neutrons without themselves decaying. These elements have different neutron capture cross sections for neutrons of various energies. Boiling water reactors (BWR), pressurized water reactors (PWR), and heavy-water reactors (HWR) operate with thermal neutrons, while fast reactors operate with fast neutrons. Each reactor design can use different control rod material based on the energy spectrum of its neutrons. Control rods have been used in nuclear aircraft engines like Project Pluto as a method of control. Wikipedia →
🧭 Start here: a 6-step reading path
- Read the overview: Control rodA 5-minute orientation
- Skim a recent paper: Control of Rhizoctonia solani on Cotton Seedlings with Pseudomonas fluorescens and With an Antibiotic Produced by the BacteriumInfluential work since 2022
- Pick up a classic book: How To Build a Cheap Hot RodThe most-reprinted book on the subject
- Read the landmark paper: Estimating Production Functions Using Inputs to Control for UnobservablesCited 5,167 times
- Go sideways: Nuclear cross sectionA closely related topic
- Go sideways: Point kinetics equationsA closely related topic
📖 Definitions
Noun Any of a number of steel tubes, containing boron or other neutron absorber, that are inserted into the core of a nuclear reactor in order to control its rate of reaction.
🗂️ The subject at a glance
🏆 Landmark papers (most cited)
Estimating Production Functions Using Inputs to Control for Unobservables
BWR control rod design using tabu search
Measurement and Predictions of Control Rod Worth
Control of rod shedding in the frog retina
Control-rod models and vibration induced noise
Control Rod Programming Optimization Using Dynamic Programming
The BWR hybrid 4 control rod
Bottom-mounted control rod drive mechanism for KJRR
🆕 Influential since 2022
Control of Rhizoctonia solani on Cotton Seedlings with Pseudomonas fluorescens and With an Antibiotic Produced by the Bacterium
Control of Flow Past a Circular Cylinder Using a Rotating Control Rod
Cascade active disturbance rejection control of single‐rod electrohydrostatic actuator
Life prediction of IGBT module for nuclear power plant rod position indicating and rod control system based on SDAE-LSTM
Fuel performance evaluation of two high burnup PWR core designs during normal operation, control rod withdrawal, and control rod ejection scenarios
📚 Books worth reading
How To Build a Cheap Hot RodDennis W. Parks · 2007
O solomi Łannykh ð i raznykh ð drugikh ð otvodakh ð molni i i gradaAtanasije Stojković · 1826
Boyd Coddington's how to build hot rod engines & drivelinesTimothy Remus · 1993- 📕Corporate power and the marketAlan Listiak · 1981
Even You Can Fix ItAlfred De Cicco · 1977
The world of danceMelvin Berger · 1978
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