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All issues Volume 11 (2025) EPJ Nuclear Sci. Technol., 11 (2025) 46 References
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EPJ Nuclear Sci. Technol.
Volume 11, 2025
Article Number 46
Number of page(s) 11
DOI https://doi.org/10.1051/epjn/2025041
Published online 25 August 2025
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