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EPJ Nuclear Sci. Technol.
Volume 11, 2025
Status and advances of Monte Carlo codes for particle transport simulation
Article Number 66
Number of page(s) 15
DOI https://doi.org/10.1051/epjn/2025047
Published online 20 October 2025
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