Glossary entry

English term or phrase:

control rod drive system

English answer:

a system called control rod drive system which can inject water directly into the reactors

Added to glossary by Masoud Kakouli Varnousfaderani
Jun 2, 2016 16:24
8 yrs ago
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English term

control rod drive system

English Other Nuclear Eng/Sci
The use of systems that could inject water directly into the reactors even at high pressures, such as the standby liquid control system and the control rod drive system, which required the restoration of AC power.

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a system called control rod drive system which can inject water directly into the reactors

https://www.google.co.jp/search?q=control rod drive system&h...
http://www.nrc.gov/docs/ML1215/ML12158A334.pdf
http://pbadupws.nrc.gov/docs/ML1125/ML11258A305.pdf
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/00295493749...

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Note added at 37 mins (2016-06-02 17:02:23 GMT)
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Hope this clears up everything.
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agree acetran
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agree Harry Crawford
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a system that inserts & removes control rods (using water pressure for this)

Schematic:
https://www.chuden.co.jp/english/corporate/press2006/images/...

Apparently this system can be re-purposed for injecting water into the reactor in emergency, but it requires AC power
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