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Fission Batteries: Definition, Key Attributes, and Research and Development Needs

Vivek Agarwal (Idaho National Laboratory), Jess C. Gehin (Idaho National Laboratory), Youssef A. Ballout (Idaho National Laboratory)

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Limits of Fission Battery Design: Sodium-Cooled Thermal-Spectrum Fission Battery

Charles W. Forsberg (Massachusetts Institute of Technology), Patrick J. McDaniel (University of New Mexico)

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Limits of Fission Battery Design: Fluoride-salt-cooled Thermal-Spectrum Fission Battery

Charles W. Forsberg (Massachusetts Institute of Technology), Eugene Shwageraus (University of Cambridge)

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Creating a Molten Salt Component Reliability Database: Initial Efforts and Path Forward

Megan E. Harkema (Vanderbilt University), Askin Guler Yigitoglu (Oak Ridge National Laboratory), Steven L. Krahn (Vanderbilt University), Andrew G. Sowder (Electric Power Research Institute)

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