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Technical Notes

Evaluation of Discharged Fuel in Preproposed Breed-and-Burn Reactors from Proliferation, Decay Heat, and Radiotoxicity Aspects

Kazuki KuwagakiTokyo Institute of Technology, Laboratory for Advanced Nuclear Energy, Institute of Innovative Research, 2-12-1-N1-19 Ookayama, Meguro-ku, Tokyo152-8550, Japan
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Jun NishiyamaTokyo Institute of Technology, Laboratory for Advanced Nuclear Energy, Institute of Innovative Research, 2-12-1-N1-19 Ookayama, Meguro-ku, Tokyo152-8550, Japan
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Toru ObaraTokyo Institute of Technology, Laboratory for Advanced Nuclear Energy, Institute of Innovative Research, 2-12-1-N1-19 Ookayama, Meguro-ku, Tokyo152-8550, JapanCorrespondence[email protected]
Pages 405-413 | Received 08 Nov 2019, Accepted 14 Dec 2019, Published online: 29 Jan 2020

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