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NUCLEAR TECHNIQUES, Volume. 48, Issue 7, 070011(2025)

Effect analysis of beryllium poison on the physics characteristics of reactor core

Wenqi ZHANG^*, Shuiqing LIU, Liyong MA, Runqi LIU, Changhu KANG, and Peng LIU

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Nuclear Power Institute of China, Chengdu 610041, China

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Wenqi ZHANG, Shuiqing LIU, Liyong MA, Runqi LIU, Changhu KANG, Peng LIU. Effect analysis of beryllium poison on the physics characteristics of reactor core[J]. NUCLEAR TECHNIQUES, 2025, 48(7): 070011

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Category: Special Issue on The First Academic Annual Conference of the Research Reactor and Innovative Reactor Association of Chinese Nuclear Society and Advanced Nuclear Power System Reactor Engineering

Received: Dec. 29, 2024

Accepted: --

Published Online: Sep. 15, 2025

The Author Email: Wenqi ZHANG (597860705@qq.com)

DOI:10.11889/j.0253-3219.2025.hjs.48.240544

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