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Smaller Isn’t Always Easier

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How to Drive a Nuclear Reactor

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This might surprise you: A Small Loss of Coolant Accident (Small LOCA) might be harder for you to manage than a Large LOCA.

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    Colin Tucker

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Tucker, C. (2019). Smaller Isn’t Always Easier. In: How to Drive a Nuclear Reactor. Springer Praxis Books(). Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-33876-3_19

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