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Nuclear Science and Engineering | Volume 71 | Number 1 | July 1979 | Pages 55-57
Technical Note | doi.org/10.13182/NSE79-A20329
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It is shown that in an idealized nuclear fuel rod, the Clusius-Dickel effect can lead to considerable gaseous separation and hence a higher gap conductance at the top and lower gap conductance at the bottom of the fuel rod.
