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The initiation of cracks in cladding tubes of Zr-1%Nb alloy under stress corrosion cracking conditions

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  1. Yu. K. Bibilashvili
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  2. Yu. N. Dolgov
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  3. V. V. Novikov
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GNTS RE — A. A. Bochvar All-Union Scientific Research Institute of Nuclear Materials. All-Union Institute of Atomic Materials. Translated from Atomnaya Énergiya, Vol. 80, No. 4, pp. 258–263, April, 1996.

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Bibilashvili, Y.K., Dolgov, Y.N., Novikov, V.V. et al. The initiation of cracks in cladding tubes of Zr-1%Nb alloy under stress corrosion cracking conditions. At Energy 80, 242–247 (1996). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02419302

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