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Twas the night before Christmas when all through the houseNo electrons were flowing through even my mouse.
All devices were plugged in by the chimney with careWith the hope that St. Nikola Tesla would share.
Technical Session|Sponsored by FCWMD
Monday, June 14, 2021|3:15–5:00PM EDT
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Jinsuo Zhang (Virginia Tech)
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Christina Leggett (Booz Allen Hamilton)
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Modeling Local-Structure of Salt Melts Using a Structure Predictor Algorithm
Matthew S. Christian (Univ. of South Carolina, Columbia), Amir M. Mofrad (Univ. of South Carolina, Columbia), Timothy J. Lynch (Univ. of Connecticut, Storrs), Nancy R. Birkner (Clemson Univ.), Juliano Schrone-Pinto (Univ. of South Carolina, Columbia), Kyle Brinkman (Clemson Univ.), Wilson K.S. Chiu (Univ. of Connecticut, Storrs), Theodore M. Besmann (Univ. of South Carolina, Columbia)
Paper
Artificial Neural Network Potentials for Atomistic Simulation in Multi-Component Molten Salts
Stephen Lam (Univ. of Massachusetts Lowell), Charles Forsberg (MIT), Ju Li (MIT)
Corrosion System-Focused Expansion and Application of the Thermochemical Database for Molten Salt Reactors: MSTDB-TC
Theodore M. Besmann (Univ. of South Carolina), Jacob A. Yingling (Univ. of South Carolina), Johnathon C. Ard (Univ. of South Carolina), Juliano Schorne-Pinto (Univ. of South Carolina), Mina Aziziha (Univ. of South Carolina), Matthew S. Christian (Univ. of South Carolina), Amir Mofrad (Univ. of South Carolina), Kaitlin E. Johnson (ORNL), Can Agca (ORNL), Jake W. McMurray (ORNL), Ruchi Gakhar (INL)
Chlorine-37 Fuel Cycles for Molten-Chloride Fast Reactors
Charles Forsberg (MIT)
Growth of Molten Salt Reactor Sourdough
Alexander M. Wheeler (Univ. of Tennessee Knoxville), Ondrej Chvála (Univ. of Tennessee Knoxville)
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