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Calculation, planning, and production technology of the radiation shielding means of nuclear power plants in spacecraft

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  1. A. G. Eremin
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  2. L. S. Korobkov
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  3. A. A. Dubinin
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"Krasnaya Zvezda." Scientific Planning Department Physics Power Institute of New Materials. Translated from Atomnaya Énergiya, Vol. 74, No. 3, pp. 237–243, March, 1993.

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Eremin, A.G., Korobkov, L.S., Dubinin, A.A. et al. Calculation, planning, and production technology of the radiation shielding means of nuclear power plants in spacecraft. At Energy 74, 219–224 (1993). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00739054

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