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Technical Paper

Computational Analysis of the Thermal-Hydraulic Characteristics of the Encapsulated Nuclear Heat Source

Yoshihisa NishiCentral Research Institute of Electric Power Industry, Komae Research Laboratory Nuclear Energy Systems Department, 2-11-1 Iwado Kita, Komae-shi Tokyo 201-8511 Japan
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Nobuyuki UedaCentral Research Institute of Electric Power Industry, Komae Research Laboratory Nuclear Energy Systems Department, 2-11-1 Iwado Kita, Komae-shi Tokyo 201-8511 Japan
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Izumi KinoshitaCentral Research Institute of Electric Power Industry, Komae Research Laboratory Nuclear Energy Systems Department, 2-11-1 Iwado Kita, Komae-shi Tokyo 201-8511 Japan
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Ehud GreenspanUniversity of California, Berkeley Department of Nuclear Engineering, Berkeley, California 94720
Pages 324-338 | Published online: 10 Apr 2017

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