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Self-Leveling Onset Criteria in Debris Beds

Bin Zhang Department of Applied Quantum Physics and Nuclear Engineering, Kyushu University, 744 Moto-oka, Nishi-ku, Fukuoka, 819-0395, Japan
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Tetsushi HARADA Department of Applied Quantum Physics and Nuclear Engineering, Kyushu University, 744 Moto-oka, Nishi-ku, Fukuoka, 819-0395, Japan
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Daisuke HIRAHARA Department of Applied Quantum Physics and Nuclear Engineering, Kyushu University, 744 Moto-oka, Nishi-ku, Fukuoka, 819-0395, Japan
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Tatsuya MATSUMOTO Department of Applied Quantum Physics and Nuclear Engineering, Kyushu University, 744 Moto-oka, Nishi-ku, Fukuoka, 819-0395, Japan
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Koji MORITA Department of Applied Quantum Physics and Nuclear Engineering, Kyushu University, 744 Moto-oka, Nishi-ku, Fukuoka, 819-0395, Japan
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Kenji FUKUDA Department of Applied Quantum Physics and Nuclear Engineering, Kyushu University, 744 Moto-oka, Nishi-ku, Fukuoka, 819-0395, Japan
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Hidemasa YAMANO Advanced Nuclear System R&D Directorate, Japan Atomic Energy Agency, 4002 Narita, O-arai, Ibaraki, 311-1393, Japan
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Tohru SUZUKI Advanced Nuclear System R&D Directorate, Japan Atomic Energy Agency, 4002 Narita, O-arai, Ibaraki, 311-1393, Japan
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Yoshiharu TOBITA Advanced Nuclear System R&D Directorate, Japan Atomic Energy Agency, 4002 Narita, O-arai, Ibaraki, 311-1393, Japan
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Pages 384-395 | Received 15 Oct 2009, Accepted 22 Dec 2009, Published online: 05 Jan 2012

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