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All-Russian Scientific-Research Institute of Automatic Machines. Translated from Atomnaya Énergiya, Vol. 87, No. 5, pp. 297–399, November, 1999.
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Antikain, P.A. Possible mechanisms for rupture of pipes in a nuclear power plant and approaches to loosening pipes. At Energy 87, 865–867 (1999). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02673285
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