Use of lead - Bismuth coolant in nuclear reactors and accelerator-driven systems

Nuclear Engineering and Design

Volumn 173, Issue 1-3, 1997, Pages 207-217

  Gromov, B F ^a   Belomitcev, Yu S ^a   Yefimov, E I ^a   Leonchuk, M P ^a   Martinov, P N ^a   Orlov, Yu I ^a   Pankratov, D V ^a   Pashkin, Yu G ^a   Toshinsky, G I ^a   Chekunov, V V ^a   Shmatko, B A ^a   Stepanov, V S ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF PHYSICS AND POWER ENGINEERING   (Russian Federation)

^b RDB Gidropress   (Russian Federation)

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EID: 0001053140     PISSN: 00295493     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0029-5493(97)00110-6     Document Type: Article

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