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Normalizing the maximum permissible seal failure of the fuel cladding of VVÉR and the activity of the fission products in the coolant

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I. V. Kurchatov Institute of Atomic Energy, Russian Science Center. Translated from Atomnaya Énergiya, Vol. 74, No. 6, pp. 491-497, June, 1993.

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Luzanova, L.M., Miglo, V.N. & Slavyagin, P.D. Normalizing the maximum permissible seal failure of the fuel cladding of VVÉR and the activity of the fission products in the coolant. At Energy 74, 458–463 (1993). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00739163

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