A nuclear engine design with 242mAm as a nuclear fuel

Annals of Nuclear Energy

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 85-91

  Ronen, Y ^a   Aboudy, M ^a   Regev, D ^a  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

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EID: 0342364444     PISSN: 03064549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0306-4549(00)82007-1     Document Type: Article

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