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Technical Paper

Monte Carlo Calculations of Pebble Bed Benchmark Configurations of the PROTEUS Facility

Felix C. DifilippoOak Ridge National Laboratory, P.O. Box 2008, Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37831-6363
Pages 240-253 | Published online: 10 Apr 2017

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