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Science and Technology of Nuclear Installations
Volume 2012 (2012), Article ID 384987, 6 pages
doi:10.1155/2012/384987
Research Article
Empirical Risk Analysis of Severe Reactor Accidents in Nuclear Power Plants after Fukushima
Softwareentwicklung & Umwelt-Consulting, Kienestraße 1a, 80933 München, Germany
Received 30 March 2012; Revised 1 August 2012; Accepted 3 August 2012
Academic Editor: Keith E. Holbert
Copyright © 2012 Jan Christian Kaiser. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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