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Technical Paper

Experimental Validation of 3-D Reconstructed Pin Power Distributions in Full-Scale BWR Fuel Assemblies with Partial-Length Rods

Flavio Dante GiustAxpo Kernenergie Parkstrasse 23, CH-5401 Baden, Switzerland
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Peter GrimmPaul Scherrer Institute CH-5232 Villigen PSI, Switzerland
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Rakesh ChawlaPaul Scherrer Institute CH-5232 Villigen PSI, Switzerland and Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (EPFL) CH-1015 Lausanne, Switzerland
Pages 292-307 | Published online: 22 Mar 2017

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