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Technical Paper

Using NJOY99 and MCNP4B2 to Estimate the Radiation Damage Displacements per Atom per Second in Steel Within the Boiling Water Reactor Core Shroud and Vessel Wall from Reactor-Grade Mixed-Oxide/Uranium Oxide Fuel for the Nuclear Power Plant at Laguna Verde, Veracruz, Mexico

Lisa VickersBWXT Pantex, U.S. Department of Energy Pantex Plant P.O. Box 30020, Hwy 600FM 2373 Amarillo, Texas 79120-0020
Pages 376-389 | Published online: 10 Apr 2017

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