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Article

Neutron poison distribution in the central reflector to reduce the DLOFC temperature of a Th-LEU fueled OTTO PBMR DPP-400 core

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Pages 843-849 | Received 13 Nov 2017, Accepted 14 Feb 2018, Published online: 13 Mar 2018

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