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A model of the dynamic failure of the fuel element of a reactor with the uncontrolled introduction of positive reactivity

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    R. M. Aksenov, O. V. Kovalenko & V. K. Sirotkin

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Translated from Prikladaya Mekhanika i Tekhnicheskaya Fizika, No. 6, pp. 142–147, November–December, 1993.

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Aksenov, R.M., Kovalenko, O.V. & Sirotkin, V.K. A model of the dynamic failure of the fuel element of a reactor with the uncontrolled introduction of positive reactivity. J Appl Mech Tech Phys 34, 878–883 (1993). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00852094

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