Design and Control of a Fueled Molten Salt Cartridge Experiment for the Versatile Test Reactor

McDuffee, Joel; Christensen, Rich; Eichel, Daniel; Simpson, Mike; Phongikaroon, Supathorn; Sun, Xiaodong; Baird, John; Burak, Adam; Chapel, Shay; Choi, Joonhyung; Gorton, Jacob; Hamilton, D. Ethan; Killinger, Dimitris; Miller, Sam; Palmer, Jason; Petrie, Christian; Sweeney, Daniel; Schrell, Adrian; Vollmer, James

doi:10.1080/00295639.2021.2017663

Title: Design and Control of a Fueled Molten Salt Cartridge Experiment for the Versatile Test Reactor

Journal Article · 16 February 2022 · Nuclear Science and Engineering

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/00295639.2021.2017663 · OSTI ID:1891676

McDuffee, Joel ^[1]; Christensen, Rich ^[2]; Eichel, Daniel ^[3]; Simpson, Mike ^[4]; Phongikaroon, Supathorn ^[5]; Sun, Xiaodong ^[6]; Baird, John ^[2]; Burak, Adam ^[6]; Chapel, Shay ^[1]; Choi, Joonhyung ^[3]; Gorton, Jacob ^[1]; Hamilton, D. Ethan ^[4]; Killinger, Dimitris ^[5]; Miller, Sam ^[3]; Palmer, Jason ^[2]; Petrie, Christian ^[1]; Sweeney, Daniel ^[1]; Schrell, Adrian ^[1]; Vollmer, James ^[3]

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