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The construction of the fuel elements of a high-flux PIK research reactor is described. The technological tolerances in the process of fuel-element fabrication are presented. The basic geometric and mass parameters of several standard batches of fabricated fuel elements are determined experimentally. Statistical analysis of the experimental data shows that the deviations in the main parameters fall within the limits of the indicated technological tolerances and are described by a Gaussian distribution to a high degree of accuracy.
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Ageenkov, V.I., Volkov, V.S., Solonin, M.I. et al. Parameters and Technology for Fabricating PIK Reactor Fuel Elements. Atomic Energy 92, 468–474 (2002). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1020262131193
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