NUCLEAR ENERGY AGENCY COMMITTEE ON THE SAFETY OF NUCLEAR INSTALLATIONS STATUS OF DEGRADED CORE ISSUES Synthesis Paper prepared by G. Bandini in collaboration with the NEA Task Group on Degraded Core Cooling

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