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<a title="Nuclear Engineering November 2008 page 20" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/c80dc03d?page=20"> VIDEOSCOPE SYSTEMS Inspect and retrieve The IPLEX</a>
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<a title="Nuclear Engineering November 2008 page 26" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/c80dc03d?page=26"> IT Gemstonecluster In mid 2007, the UK's Nationa</a>
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<a title="Nuclear Engineering November 2008 page 28" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/c80dc03d?page=28"> RADIATION MONITORING Scintillatingsafeguards Ant</a>
<a title="Nuclear Engineering November 2008 page 29" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/c80dc03d?page=29"> RADIATION MONITORING light. Cerenkov light, pr</a>
<a title="Nuclear Engineering November 2008 page 30" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/c80dc03d?page=30"> POWER MARKET DEVELOPMENTS Anybody'sguess New pro</a>
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<a title="Nuclear Engineering November 2008 page 32" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/c80dc03d?page=32"> POWER MARKET DEVELOPMENTS Figure 2: Nuclear c</a>
<a title="Nuclear Engineering November 2008 page 33" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/c80dc03d?page=33"> POWER MARKET DEVELOPMENTS Thewheelhasturned In t</a>
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