A fast RSA method for fuel particle packing

Transactions of the American Nuclear Society

Volumn 94, Issue , 2006, Pages 571-573

  Brown, Forrest B ^a  

^a LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

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EID: 33746068708     PISSN: 0003018X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
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