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Technical Papers

Investigation of the AGN-201M Research Reactor’s Unique Dominance Ratio

Mekiel OlguinUniversity of New Mexico, Nuclear Engineering Department, Albuquerque, New MexicoCorrespondence[email protected]
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Christopher PerfettiUniversity of New Mexico, Nuclear Engineering Department, Albuquerque, New Mexico
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Forrest BrownUniversity of New Mexico, Nuclear Engineering Department, Albuquerque, New Mexico
Pages 1323-1332 | Received 23 Feb 2022, Accepted 03 Jun 2022, Published online: 01 Aug 2022

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