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Knief, R.A. (2018). Nuclear Fission Power Plants. In: Tsoulfanidis, N. (eds) Nuclear Energy. Encyclopedia of Sustainability Science and Technology Series. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4939-6618-9_22
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