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Fusion Science and Technology Volume 80, 2024 - Issue 3-4: Selected papers from the 13th International Conference on Tritium Science and Technology
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High-Energy Tritium Ion and α-Particle Release from the Near-Surface Layer of Lithium During Neutron Irradiation in the Nuclear Reactor Core

Erlan Batyrbekova National Nuclear Center of the Republic of Kazakhstan, Kurchatov, KazakhstanORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-6445-7769
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Mendykhan Khasenovb National Nuclear Center of the Republic of Kazakhstan, Institute of Atomic Energy, Material Testing Department, Kurchatov, KazakhstanORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0001-5823-2785
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Mazhyn Skakova National Nuclear Center of the Republic of Kazakhstan, Kurchatov, Kazakhstan;c Sarsen Amanzholov East Kazakhstan University, Ust-Kamenogorsk, Department of Physics and Technology, KazakhstanORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0003-3716-8846
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Yuriy Gordienkob National Nuclear Center of the Republic of Kazakhstan, Institute of Atomic Energy, Material Testing Department, Kurchatov, KazakhstanORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-6108-2746
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Kuanysh Samarkhanovb National Nuclear Center of the Republic of Kazakhstan, Institute of Atomic Energy, Material Testing Department, Kurchatov, Kazakhstan;c Sarsen Amanzholov East Kazakhstan University, Ust-Kamenogorsk, Department of Physics and Technology, KazakhstanCorrespondence[email protected]
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Andrey Kotlyarb National Nuclear Center of the Republic of Kazakhstan, Institute of Atomic Energy, Material Testing Department, Kurchatov, Kazakhstan
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Alexandr Millerb National Nuclear Center of the Republic of Kazakhstan, Institute of Atomic Energy, Material Testing Department, Kurchatov, Kazakhstan
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Vadim Bochkovb National Nuclear Center of the Republic of Kazakhstan, Institute of Atomic Energy, Material Testing Department, Kurchatov, KazakhstanORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-3806-7732
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Pages 520-529 | Received 01 Mar 2023, Accepted 20 Jun 2023, Published online: 17 Aug 2023

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