• DocumentCode
    1208511
  • Title

    Application of Transistors to Safety Circuits

  • Author

    Wade, E.J. ; Davidson, D.S.

  • Author_Institution
    Knolls Atomic Power Lab., General Electric Co., Schenectady, N. Y.
  • Volume
    5
  • Issue
    2
  • fYear
    1958
  • Firstpage
    44
  • Lastpage
    46
  • Abstract
    The application of transistors to circuits controlling the rod release for shutdown of a nuclear reactor is described. No vacuum tubes are used in the circuit. The circuits were designed with maximum attention to reliability and fail-safe operation.
  • Keywords
    Bistable circuits; Electron tubes; Etching; Nuclear electronics; Power amplifiers; Power transistors; Relays; Safety; Switches; Voltage;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Nuclear Science, IRE Transactions on
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    0096-2015
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/TNS2.1958.4315612
  • Filename
    4315612
    • Link To Document
    https://search.isc.ac/dl/search/defaultta.aspx?DTC=49&DC=1208511