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NUCLEAR TECHNIQUES, Volume. 48, Issue 7, 070022(2025)

Design and analysis of a lunar nuclear reactor power core based on the TOPAZ-Ⅱ

Zheng WANG^*, Zheng SUN, Cheng HOU, Jing SHAO, Binhe HU, Jinduo WANG, and Shouzhi ZHAO

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China Institute of Atomic Energy, Beijing 102413, China

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Zheng WANG, Zheng SUN, Cheng HOU, Jing SHAO, Binhe HU, Jinduo WANG, Shouzhi ZHAO. Design and analysis of a lunar nuclear reactor power core based on the TOPAZ-Ⅱ[J]. NUCLEAR TECHNIQUES, 2025, 48(7): 070022

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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: Feb. 13, 2025

Accepted: --

Published Online: Sep. 15, 2025

The Author Email: Zheng WANG (15765596320@163.com)

DOI:10.11889/j.0253-3219.2025.hjs.48.250061

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