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Radiation Hazards: Areas of Uncertainty

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The Fast Breeder Reactor
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In the area of radiation hazards it is particularly important to know, as nearly as possible, what we do not know.

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Lindop, P.J. (1980). Radiation Hazards: Areas of Uncertainty. In: Sweet, C. (eds) The Fast Breeder Reactor. Palgrave, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-81391-9_10

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