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Computational modeling of the accident in the fourth power-generating unit of the chernobyl nuclear power plant

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  1. L. N. Podlazov
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  2. V. E. Trekhov
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  3. Yu. M. Cherkashov
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Scientific Research and Design Institute of Electrotechnical Machinery. ENEA, Italy. Translated from Atomnaya Énergiya, Vol. 77, No. 2, pp. 93–100, August, 1994.

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Podlazov, L.N., Trekhov, V.E., Cherkashov, Y.M. et al. Computational modeling of the accident in the fourth power-generating unit of the chernobyl nuclear power plant. At Energy 77, 580–587 (1994). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02407430

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