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Analysis of the BEAVRS PWR benchmark using SCALE and PARCS

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|Jul 2019

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/nuka-2019-0011 | Journal eISSN: 1508-5791 | Journal ISSN: 0029-5922
Language: English
Page range: 87 - 96
Submitted on: Sep 21, 2017
Accepted on: Mar 21, 2019
Published on: Jul 18, 2019
Published by: Institute of Nuclear Chemistry and Technology
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 4 issues per year

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