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Nuclear Technology | Volume 52 | Number 2 | February 1981 | Pages 162-169
Technical Paper | Fission Reactor | doi.org/10.13182/NT81-A32661
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The role of condensation in influencing the source term in the cover-gas region of a liquid-metal fast breeder reactor was analyzed. A computer program was developed that considers both coagulation and condensation to solve the integro-differential equation governing the aerosol behavior in the cover-gas region. Our results for a representative case show that condensation can have a very substantial effect on the particle size distribution in the cover gas and hence on the source term in the containment aerosol behavior computer programs.
