Nuclear Control Rod Diagram. The actuating mechanism with a simplified drawing of the trains eddy current brake and cable position and strain detectors 27 figure 59. Simplified diagram of the control rod circuits 25 figure 57.
Therefore the additional absorbing rods can be inserted at. Plan of the charge floor. Each control cell consists of a control rod 7 and four fuel assemblies that surr ound it.
They contain and control nuclear chain reactions that produce heat through a physical process called fission.
Raising the rods increases the rate of fission as fewer neutrons are. In reactor the nuclear fuel is fabricated in the form of thin and long cylibndrical rods. 8131 control rod withdrawal 1. Also used to cool.