Patents Represented by Attorney D. Niel LaHaye

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  • Nuclear reactivity control configuration
    Patent number: 4941158
    Abstract: A neutron flux control component for a nuclear reactor. Thin, overlapping segments of highly neutron absorbing material are positioned in the core of a reactor. The self-shielding overlapping segments are moved relative to each other to vary the amount of exposed surface area of poison to control core reactivity and to provide power shaping within the reactor core. The poison segments are mounted to carriers in the form of close-fitting concentric cylinders or rods of V-shaped cross section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 1989
    Date of Patent: July 10, 1990
    Assignee: The Babcock & Wilcox Company
    Inventors: Billy E. Bingham, Richard V. DeMars