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The 2 most common materials are cadmium or boron, due to their large neutron absorption crosssection.
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What is the function of a control rods reactor?
Control rods are used in a reactor to control the rate at which fission happens.
How many control rods are there in a nuclear reactor?
The number of control rods in a reactor will vary with the size and the design.
What rods housed within a nuclear reactor?
fuel rods and control rods
What are the control rods in a nuclear reactor made of?
The control rods inside a nuclear reactor are made out of Boron.
The chain reaction in a nuclear reactor is controlled by inserting what?
control rods.
What are fuel rods?
Nuclear fuel rodsFuel rods are long, cylindrical rods or long, flat plates containing fissile material (usually uranium) in a nuclear reactor core. The uranium is in rods or plates so it can be bundled into a fuel element and fixed in place to make up the core. The spacing and arrangement of the rods and, beyond that, the bundles themselves, is the key to reactor geometry.Other rods in the reactor called control rods are also moved into channels in the reactor core, but these have the opposite effect. They contain neutron-absorbing materials that can moderate (or stop) the fission reaction that takes place when a critical mass is achieved. Control rods are pulled to start the reactor up, and are put back in to shut the reactor down.
Where can you find cadmiums?
nuclear reactor control rods
What rods hold pellets of uranium?
Known as fuel rods, these are hollow metal rods that contain the uranium fuel for a nuclear reactor.
What absorbs neutrons in a nuclear reactor and begins with C?
We see the use of control rods in a reactor to absorb neutrons. These rods are often made of boron.
What is the function of the control rods in a nuclear reactor?
They are used in nuclear reactor to control the rate of fission of uranium and plutonium. Because these elements have different capture cross sections for neutrons of varying energies, the compositions of the control rods must be designed for the neutron spectrum of the reactor it is supposed to control.
Control rods are used in a reactor core to?
Reactor control rods are made of a substance that absorbs neutrons.
How is the rate of the fission in a nuclear reactor controlled?
By the control rods and by the moderator.
