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NUCLEAR TECHNIQUES
Vol. 47, Issue 2, 020601 (2024)

Operation characteristics of a megawatt nuclear power system with high efficiency and compactness

Minghui ZHANG, Junli GOU^*, Zheng WANG, and Jianqiang SHAN

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School of Nuclear Science and Technology, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an 710049, China

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Minghui ZHANG, Junli GOU, Zheng WANG, Jianqiang SHAN. Operation characteristics of a megawatt nuclear power system with high efficiency and compactness[J]. NUCLEAR TECHNIQUES, 2024, 47(2): 020601 Copy Citation Text

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