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- ↑ "Zervas, Leonidas (1902-1980)". Digital Archive of the Academy of Athens. Retrieved 31 March 2021.
- "Greek Atomic Energy Commission" (PDF). Ministry of Development. 2005. Retrieved 3 April 2011.
