The results of physical-metallurgical studies of fuel-element cladding in a nuclear power plant with a boiling-water vessel reactor are presented. It is shown that the fuel materials are highly reliable under the operating conditions.
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Translated from Atomnaya Énergiya,Vol. 115, No. 2, pp. 82–87, August, 2013.
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Kurskiy, A.S., Smirnova, I.M., Filiakin, G.V. et al. Serviceability of the Fuel Elements in a VK-50 Boiling-Water Vessel Reactor. At Energy 115, 95–101 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10512-013-9755-2
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