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Effectiveness and adverse effects of reactor coolant system depressurization strategy with various severe accident management guidance entry conditions for OPR1000

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Pages 695-708 | Received 19 Aug 2014, Accepted 12 Oct 2014, Published online: 11 Nov 2014

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