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Technical Notes

Core Concept of Small Rotational Fuel-Shuffling Breed-and-Burn Fast Reactor with Nitride Fuel and Sodium Coolant

Tsendsuren AmarjargalTokyo Institute of Technology, Institute of Innovative Research, Laboratory for Zero-Carbon Energy, Ookayama 2-12-1-N1-19, Meguro-ku, Tokyo152-8550, JapanORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0003-4638-8314
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Jun NishiyamaTokyo Institute of Technology, Institute of Innovative Research, Laboratory for Zero-Carbon Energy, Ookayama 2-12-1-N1-19, Meguro-ku, Tokyo152-8550, JapanORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-0977-127X
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Toru ObaraTokyo Institute of Technology, Institute of Innovative Research, Laboratory for Zero-Carbon Energy, Ookayama 2-12-1-N1-19, Meguro-ku, Tokyo152-8550, JapanCorrespondence[email protected]
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Pages 711-718 | Received 29 Jun 2022, Accepted 23 Sep 2022, Published online: 18 Nov 2022

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