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Research Papers

Consideration of aging mechanism influence on transport safety of dual purpose casks for spent nuclear fuel or HLW

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Pages 105-112 | Received 27 Nov 2014, Accepted 11 Dec 2014, Published online: 30 Dec 2014

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