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Technical Paper

Concept and Design of a Supercritical-Pressure, Direct-Cycle Light Water Reactor

Yoshiaki OkaThe University of Tokyo, Nuclear Engineering Research Laboratory 2-22, Shirane, Shirakata, Tokai-mura, Ibaraki, 319-11, Japan
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Sei-Ichi KoshizukaThe University of Tokyo, Nuclear Engineering Research Laboratory 2-22, Shirane, Shirakata, Tokai-mura, Ibaraki, 319-11, Japan
Pages 295-302 | Published online: 10 May 2017

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