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Analysis of the spatial dynamics of fission-product escape from VVÉR fuel elements in transient regimes

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  1. V. M. Romanov
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  2. D. V. Pankratov
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Main Science Center of the Russian Federation — A. I. Leipunskii Physics and Power Energy Institute. L. M. Luzanova and P. D. Slavyagin, Institute of Nuclear Reactors, Russian Science Center “Kurchatov Institute.” Translated from Atomnaya Énergiya, Vol. 82, No. 3, pp. 204–209, March, 1997.

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Romanov, V.M., Pankratov, D.V. Analysis of the spatial dynamics of fission-product escape from VVÉR fuel elements in transient regimes. At Energy 82, 201–206 (1997). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02418931

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