To get an explosion of love, you remove the lead rods. |
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don't you mean graphite?
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Source: http://slideplayer.com/slide/9103933/
We're both wrong, but you are closer. Graphite is used for the "medium", into which both the fissionable rods and the control rods are immersed.
The material used for the control rods depends upon the type of reactor. (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Control_rod) Boron is the first alternative mentioned in the Wikipedia article, and is indicated in the slide. I found some references to lead control rods, but nothing usable. I think that lead, which is also used for shielding, might have been used historically but has now been obsoleted by the other materials.
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Chernobyl comes to mind.
the graphite caught fire.
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You are correct again! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neutron_moderator
But so am I, in the sense that 3/4 of the world's reactors use a liquid moderator. I've also learned the difference between the function of the moderator and the function of the control rods. The moderator slows down "fast neutrons" so that they will participate in the chain reaction in the desired way. The control rods control the chain reaction.
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yup..old tech.
it served it function in it's time
we need to move on
LFTRS
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immersed
is the wrong word.
graphite is a solid.
'immersed' suggests liquid.
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Typically, the reactive rods and the control rods are both immersed in a liquid moderator. Some reactors use a solid moderator, which I am now aware of because you have immersed me into this subject.
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inserted...
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I'm not going to let you insert anything into me!
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sheesh!
you've been living in the gay bay area too long.
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Hey, it's just a lifestyle choice. They were born that way. Etc. Etc.
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