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K N V Adinarayana1, P Sasidhar, V Balasubramaniyan

  • 1Safety Research Institute, Atomic Energy Regulatory Board (AERB), IGCAR, Kalpakkam 603 102, India. adinarayana@igcar.gov.in

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