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Acceptable probability and scale of a serious accident at a nuclear power station

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All-Russia Scientific-Research Institute of Nuclear Power Stations. Translated from Atomnaya Énergiya, Vol. 84, No. 2, pp. 107–113, February, 1998.

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Ivanov, E.A., Kham'yanov, L.P. Acceptable probability and scale of a serious accident at a nuclear power station. At Energy 84, 92–97 (1998). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02414195

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