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Technical Paper

A Dual System for Monitoring the Positions of Multiple Radioactive Tracer Pebbles in Scaled Pebble Bed Reactors

Zhijian WangNorth Carolina State University, Department of Nuclear Engineering, Center for Engineering Applications of Radioisotopes (CEAR), Raleigh, North Carolina 27695-7909
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Kyoung O. LeeNorth Carolina State University, Department of Nuclear Engineering, Center for Engineering Applications of Radioisotopes (CEAR), Raleigh, North Carolina 27695-7909
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Robin P. GardnerNorth Carolina State University, Department of Nuclear Engineering, Center for Engineering Applications of Radioisotopes (CEAR), Raleigh, North Carolina 27695-7909
Pages 259-269 | Published online: 20 Mar 2017

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