Noise decomposition in boiling water reactors with application to stability monitoring

Nuclear Science and Engineering

Volumn 128, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 225-242

  Karlsson, J ^a   Pazsit I ^a  

^a CHALMERS UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

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EID: 0343249697     PISSN: 00295639     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.13182/NSE98-A1953     Document Type: Article

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