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Technical Papers

Evaluations of the Effect of Heterogeneity in HALEU Systems Using Modified Critical Benchmarks

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Pages 1333-1348 | Received 08 Mar 2022, Accepted 31 May 2022, Published online: 11 Aug 2022

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