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Translated from Atomnaya Énergiya, Vol. 72, No. 2, pp. 165–166, February, 1992.

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Vlasov, A.A., Filippov, E.A., Fadeev, L.L. et al. Safe shipment of uranium hexafluoride. At Energy 72, 163–164 (1992). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01121092

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