To: chasio649
If you adjust the power output by the rods, you get some weird power fluctuations because of the xenon and samarium. The commercial PWRs use boric acid concentration in the reactor coolant to make power changes.
34 posted on
05/20/2008 3:51:06 PM PDT by
wolfpat
(If you don't like the Patriot Act, you're really gonna hate Sharia Law.)
To: wolfpat
I defer to you...i just know that when we were off of shore power....the rx was not running full tilt all the time.
40 posted on
05/20/2008 3:56:37 PM PDT by
chasio649
(sick of it all)
To: wolfpat
"The commercial PWRs use boric acid concentration in the reactor coolant to make power changes."That would kill any oversized radioactive mutant cockroaches too!!
121 posted on
05/20/2008 7:27:03 PM PDT by
DannyTN
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