NUCLEAR TECHNIQUES, Volume. 48, Issue 6, 060014(2025)

Conceptual design of a lunar surface heat pipe molten salt reactor

Kun LIU1,2,3, Ming LIN1, Rui LI1, Xiandi ZUO1, Maosong CHENG1,2, and Zhimin DAI1,2、*
Author Affiliations
  • 1Shanghai Institute of Applied Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 201800, China
  • 2University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
  • 3Eastern Regional Office of the Nuclear and Radiation Safety Inspection, Shanghai 200233, China
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    Kun LIU, Ming LIN, Rui LI, Xiandi ZUO, Maosong CHENG, Zhimin DAI. Conceptual design of a lunar surface heat pipe molten salt reactor[J]. NUCLEAR TECHNIQUES, 2025, 48(6): 060014

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    Paper Information

    Category: Special Topics of Academic Papers at The 27th Annual Meeting of the China Association for Science and Technology

    Received: Mar. 1, 2025

    Accepted: --

    Published Online: Jul. 25, 2025

    The Author Email: Zhimin DAI (戴志敏)

    DOI:10.11889/j.0253-3219.2025.hjs.48.250090

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