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NUCLEAR TECHNIQUES, Volume. 48, Issue 7, 070031(2025)

Numerical simulation analysis and experimental validation for the reactor cavity of molten salt reactor

Mudan MEI^1,2, Chong ZHOU^1,2、*, Yang ZOU^1,2、**, Yao FU^1,2、***, and Naxiu WANG^1,2

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¹Shanghai Institute of Applied Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 201800, China

²University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China

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Mudan MEI, Chong ZHOU, Yang ZOU, Yao FU, Naxiu WANG. Numerical simulation analysis and experimental validation for the reactor cavity of molten salt reactor[J]. NUCLEAR TECHNIQUES, 2025, 48(7): 070031

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Category: Special Issue on The First Academic Annual Conference of the Research Reactor and Innovative Reactor Association of Chinese Nuclear Society and Advanced Nuclear Power System Reactor Engineering

Received: Nov. 8, 2024

Accepted: --

Published Online: Sep. 15, 2025

The Author Email: Chong ZHOU (ZHOUChong), Yang ZOU (ZOUYang), Yao FU (FUYao)

DOI:10.11889/j.0253-3219.2025.hjs.48.240424

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