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Burn-up calculation of different thorium-based fuel matrixes in a thermal research reactor using MCNPX 2.6 code

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|Dec 2014

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/nuka-2014-0017 | Journal eISSN: 1508-5791 | Journal ISSN: 0029-5922
Language: English
Page range: 129 - 136
Submitted on: Aug 27, 2013
Accepted on: Aug 8, 2014
Published on: Dec 30, 2014
Published by: Institute of Nuclear Chemistry and Technology
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 4 issues per year

© 2014 Zohreh Gholamzadeh, Seyed Amir Hossein Feghhi, Leila Soltani, Marzieh Rezazadeh, Claudio Tenreiro, Mahdi Joharifard, published by Institute of Nuclear Chemistry and Technology
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