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Research Articles

Decay Dose Shielding Analysis with Hybrid Unstructured Mesh/Constructive Solid Geometry Monte Carlo Calculation and ADVANTG Acceleration

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Pages 451-460 | Received 29 Nov 2022, Accepted 28 Apr 2023, Published online: 12 Jun 2023

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