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ARTICLE

Acoustic Leak Detection System for Sodium-Cooled Reactor Steam Generators Using Delay-and-Sum Beamformer

Pages 103-110 | Received 09 Jun 2009, Accepted 30 Sep 2009, Published online: 05 Jan 2012

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