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Uncertainty analysis for fission product inventories based on covariance data of fission product yields in JENDL-4.0 and ENDF/B-VIII.0

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Pages 417-427 | Received 31 Jan 2023, Accepted 30 May 2023, Published online: 07 Jul 2023

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