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Experimental demonstration of AST-500 safety with large-scale model of reactor

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  1. A. S. Babykin
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  2. B. F. Balunov
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  3. T. S. Zhivitskaya
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  4. V. S. Kuul'
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  5. V. N. Nosatov
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  6. A. A. Fal'kov
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I. I. Polzunov Central Scientific-Research and Design Boiler and Turbine Institute. Special Design Office of Mechanical Engineering. Translated from Atomnaya Énergiya, Vol. 73, No. 1, pp. 37–44, July, 1992.

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Babykin, A.S., Balunov, B.F., Zhivitskaya, T.S. et al. Experimental demonstration of AST-500 safety with large-scale model of reactor. At Energy 73, 578–584 (1992). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00749530

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