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Pyrocarbon coatings of microfuel elements of high-temperature gas reactors

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Luch Scientific Design Department. Translated from Atomnaya Énergiya, Vol. 70, No. 3, pp. 151–156, March, 1991.

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Baturin, V.G., Zelenyuk, F.M., Kruglov, V.N. et al. Pyrocarbon coatings of microfuel elements of high-temperature gas reactors. At Energy 70, 191–196 (1991). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01126464

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