control rod
control rod · control rods
Steuerstab, Kontrollstab, Regelstab
Any of a number of steel tubes, containing boron or other neutron absorber, that are…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.
Meaning
1 sensesAny 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.
Holonym: nuclear reactor
A faulty control rod design was a key factor in causing the 1986 steam explosion of a reactor at Chernobyl.
Steuerstab, Kontrollstab, Regelstab
a steel or aluminum rod that can be moved up or down to control the rate of the nuclear reaction
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plural: control rods| Singular | control rod |
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