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Conference on Nuclear Training and Education: A Biennial International Forum (CONTE 2025)
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Progress continues for TerraPower’s Natrium plant, with the latest win coming in the form of a state permit for construction of nonnuclear portions of the advanced reactor.
P. Benoist, V. C. Boffi, P. Grandjean, A. Kavenoky, V. G. Molinari, C. E. Siewert, G. Spiga
Nuclear Science and Engineering | Volume 68 | Number 2 | November 1978 | Pages 217-219
Technical Note | doi.org/10.13182/NSE78-A27293
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The method of elementary solutions, the CN method, and the integral transform method are used to compute the flux-distortion factor for a foil placed in an exponentially varying flux.
