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... Plant engineering Plant modifications Plant life cycle Nuclear Maintenance 16 10 2016 24 08 2017 Manuscript received October 16, 2016; final manuscript received August 24, 2017; published online March 5, 2018. Assoc. Editor: Guoqiang Wang. 1 Corresponding author...

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... Plant operations Plant engineering Plant modifications Plant life cycle Maintenance Canadian deuterium uranium (CANDU) ® reactors are a vital part of the Canadian power supply and are the only commercial power reactor type found in Canada. The CANDU ® reactor, unlike other reactor designs...

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... October 13, 2016; published online March 1, 2017. Assoc. Editor: Ralph Hill. 10 10 2015 13 10 2016 Next generation reactors Nuclear engineering Plant operations Plant systems Research reactors Small Modular Reactors Systems reliability Plant engineering Plant modifications...

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