Optimal core design analysis for a small mobile helium-xenon cooled solid reactor

Xinyue Liu; Chaoran Guan; Jiaolong Deng; Xiang Chai; Donghao He; Xiaojing Liu

doi:10.11884/HPLPB202335.230253

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