Neutronic design and evaluation of the solid microencapsulated fuel in LWR |
Deng, Qianliang
(Institute of Nuclear and New Energy Technology, Tsinghua University)
Li, Songyang (Institute of Nuclear and New Energy Technology, Tsinghua University) Wang, Dingqu (Institute of Nuclear and New Energy Technology, Tsinghua University) Liu, Zhihong (Institute of Nuclear and New Energy Technology, Tsinghua University) Xie, Fei (Institute of Nuclear and New Energy Technology, Tsinghua University) Zhao, Jing (Institute of Nuclear and New Energy Technology, Tsinghua University) Liang, Jingang (Institute of Nuclear and New Energy Technology, Tsinghua University) Jiang, Yueyuan (Institute of Nuclear and New Energy Technology, Tsinghua University) |
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