Review of fission product plateout investigations at General Atomic. [HTGR]

Technical Report · Thu Dec 01 04:00:00 EST 1977

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/5169456· OSTI ID:5169456

Hanson, D L

The status of fission product plateout studies at General Atomic is reviewed and suggestions are offered for future work. The deposition, or plateout, of condensible radionuclides in the primary circuits of gas-cooled reactors affects shielding requirements, maintenance procedures, and plant availability as well as representing a significant radiological source and/or sink for certain hypothetical accidents. Physical models and computer codes used to describe these plateout phenomena for reactor analysis are presented along with their limitations and possible refinements. The review includes portions of the recent AIPA study which sought to quantify the effects of uncertainties in input parameters on plateout code predictions. Major emphasis is placed upon the design methods verification program to assess the validity of plateout predictions by comparison of calculated behavior with experimental transport data.

• Research Organization: General Atomic Co., San Diego, Calif. (USA)
• DOE Contract Number: EY-76-C-03-0167-017
• OSTI ID: 5169456
• Report Number(s): GA-A-14555
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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