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Pebble-Bed-Moderated Molten-Salt Reactor with Replaceable Graphite and Alternative Fuel Cycles

1:00–1:20PM EST

Charles Forsberg (MIT), Eugene Shwageraus (Cambridge Univ.)

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Determining Fuel Salt Compositions for a Moderated Large-Sized MSR with SCALE

1:20–1:40PM EST

Donny Hartanto (ORNL), Georgeta Radulescu (ORNL), Friederike Bostelmann (ORNL), William A. Wieselquist (ORNL)

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Applications of Flowing Molten Salt Loops with Neutron Irradiation

1:40–2:00PM EST

Charles Forsberg (MIT), Dave Carpenter (MIT), Ayman I. Hawari (NCSU), Raluca O. Scarlat (Univ. California, Berkeley), Kevin Robb (ORNL)

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Liquid Fuel Performance Characterization

2:00–2:20PM EST

Kevin Kelly (EPRI), Brandon M. Chisholm (Southern Co.), Dan Moneghan (EPRI)

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Evaluation of Chloride Salt Fast Reactor Waste Stream Management and Research Needs

2:20–2:40PM EST

Irfan Ibrahim (Vanderbilt Univ.), Allen Croff (Vanderbilt Univ.), Steve Krahn (Vanderbilt Univ.), Dan Moneghan (EPRI)

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