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ORIGINAL PAPER

Inherent Protection of Plutonium by Doping Minor Actinide in Thermal Neutron Spectra

Yoga PERYOGA Research Laboratory for Nuclear Reactors, Tokyo Institute of Technology, O-okayama, Meguro-ku, Tokyo, 152-8550
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Hiroshi SAGARA Research Laboratory for Nuclear Reactors, Tokyo Institute of Technology, O-okayama, Meguro-ku, Tokyo, 152-8550
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Masaki SAITO Research Laboratory for Nuclear Reactors, Tokyo Institute of Technology, O-okayama, Meguro-ku, Tokyo, 152-8550
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Alexey EZOUBTCHENKO Research Laboratory for Nuclear Reactors, Tokyo Institute of Technology, O-okayama, Meguro-ku, Tokyo, 152-8550
Pages 442-450 | Received 27 Aug 2004, Accepted 18 Feb 2005, Published online: 15 Feb 2012

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