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Some investigations and developments of the thorium fuel cycle

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  1. M. F. Troyanov
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  2. V. G. Ilyunin
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  3. A. G. Kalashnikov
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State Nuclear Center of the Russian Federation. A. I. Leipunskii Physico-Energy Institute. Translated from Atomnaya Énergiya, Vol. 84, No. 4, pp. 287–293, April, 1998

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Troyanov, M.F., Ilyunin, V.G., Kalashnikov, A.G. et al. Some investigations and developments of the thorium fuel cycle. At Energy 84, 225–229 (1998). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02415228

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