Some questions on nuclear safety of heavy-water power reactor operating in self-sufficient thorium cycle
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عنوان ژورنال: Nuclear Technology and Radiation Protection
سال: 2008
ISSN: 1451-3994,1452-8185
DOI: 10.2298/ntrp0802022b