COMPUTATIONAL INVESTIGATION OF 99Mo, 89Sr, AND 131I PRODUCTION RATES IN A SUBCRITICAL UO2(NO3)2 AQUEOUS SOLUTION REACTOR DRIVEN BY A 30-MEV PROTON ACCELERATOR |
GHOLAMZADEH, Z.
(Reactor Research School, Nuclear Science and Technology Research Institute)
FEGHHI, S.A.H. (Department of Radiation Application, Shahid Beheshti University) MIRVAKILI, S.M. (Reactor Research School, Nuclear Science and Technology Research Institute) JOZE-VAZIRI, A. (Reactor Research School, Nuclear Science and Technology Research Institute) ALIZADEH, M. (Reactor Research School, Nuclear Science and Technology Research Institute) |
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