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ORIGINAL PAPER

Impact of Perturbed Fission Source on the Effective Multiplication Factor in Monte Carlo Perturbation Calculations

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Pages 428-441 | Received 14 Sep 2004, Accepted 28 Feb 2005, Published online: 15 Feb 2012

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