Gray control rod having a neutron absorber comprising terbium and dysprosium

• Main Authors: Li, Hui, Lu, Junqiang, Tang, Chuntao, Liu, Jiazheng, Li, Jiwei, Yang, Bo, Ding, Qianxue, Zhu, Libing
• Format: Patent
• Language: English
• Published: 12.05.2020
• Subjects: NUCLEAR ENGINEERING; NUCLEAR PHYSICS; NUCLEAR REACTORS; PHYSICS

A gray control rod having a neutron absorber comprising terbium and dysprosium is provided. The neutron absorber comprises at least one first component and at least one second component, the reactivity worth of the first component increases as the service time of the neutron absorber increases, the reactivity worth of the second component decreases as the service time of the neutron absorber increases; the reactivity worth of the neutron absorber varying no more than 15% within the service time of the neutron absorber. By using the first component and the second component to form the neutron absorber, and adjusting the proportion of the respective components in the neutron absorber, the neutron absorber having a substantially planar reactivity worth loss characteristic can be obtained. The gray control rod and the assembly having required reactivity controlling ability can be obtained by increasing or decreasing the material dosage of the neutron absorber.