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Degueldre, C., Fiorina, C. (2016). The Proto-Earth Georeactor: A Thorium Reactor?. In: Revol, JP., Bourquin, M., Kadi, Y., Lillestol, E., de Mestral, JC., Samec, K. (eds) Thorium Energy for the World. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-26542-1_72
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