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NUCLEAR TECHNIQUES, Volume. 47, Issue 12, 120603(2024)

Nuclear safety analysis of molten salt reactor criticality with changes in ⁷Li abundance

Zhen YANG^1,2,3, Zhimin DAI^1、*, Yang ZOU¹, and Yongkui YAO³

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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

³North-Western China Regional Office of Nuclear and Radiation Safety Inspection, National Nuclear Safety Administration, Lanzhou 730020, China

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Category: NUCLEAR ENERGY SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING

Received: Jul. 15, 2024

Accepted: --

Published Online: Jan. 15, 2025

The Author Email: DAI Zhimin (DAIZhimin)

DOI:10.11889/j.0253-3219.2024.hjs.47.120603

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