制せい御ぎょ棒ぼう

noun

control rod

Technical term used in nuclear engineering for a rod that absorbs neutrons to control a reactor's fission rate.

• 原げん子し炉ろの出しゅつ力りょくは制せい御ぎょ棒ぼうの挿そう入にゅう量りょうで調ちょう整せいされる。

  The reactor power is adjusted by the insertion depth of the control rods.