Table of Contents Welcome to the Molten_salt_chemistry wiki! Weekly updates for Thursday meetings Reports Research Efforts 30-min Research Chunks Research Plans Phase 1 Lit. Reviews Sanity Checks Simulation Surrogacy Method Development Box Projects Resources MSR chemistry documents Literature Review Work Links

• 2022-12-19 to End-of-Year
• 2024-11-28 to 2024-12-05
• 2024-11-21 to 2024-11-28
• 2024-11-14 to 2024-11-21
• 2024-10-31 to 2024-11-07
• 2024-10-24 to 2024-10-31
• 2024-10-17 to 2023-10-24
• 2024-10-10 to 2024-10-17
• 2024-10-03 to 2024-10-10
• 2024-09-26 to 2024-10-03
• 2024-09-19 to 2024-09-26
• 2024-09-12 to 2024-09-19
• 2024-08-29 to 2024-09-05
• 2024-05-21 to 2024-05-27
• 2024-05-13 to 2024-05-20
• 2024-04-06 to 2024-05-13
• 2024-03-27 to 2024-04-05
• Meeting Notes Template

• Put your Overleaf links here
• Duong_Speciation_MSR_EndOfLife
• Duong_Fission_Gas_Speciation
• Braden's PhD Research Outline

Undergraduate research can be challenging due to high course loads and frequent testing. It is prudent to approach your research by what can be done in 30 minutes of dedicated effort as that is often all that can be done some days. These plans below are a way to break-up the larger tasks found on the Issue board into bite-size research challenges. This is a good place to get started when you are not sure what to do next. They will be updated as we move forward, so Be sure to mark each completed as you work.

• Jorge's Chunks
• Sophie's Chunks

• Braden's PhD Research Outline
• Jorge's Research Plan
• Sophie's Research Plan
• Braden's Publication Plan

• MIT Loop Literature Review

• Redox Run, Flibe + UF4 with Hypo and Hyper Stochiometric F content
• Thermochimica Python scripts for FLiBe-U and FLiBe-U + structural steel systems

• Initial Thoughts
• Chemical Similarity Data

• Box Project #: Salt Type, Var 1, Var 2 - Condition of Interest

   *CS - Clean Flibe
   *FS - Fueled Salt

• Box Project 5: FS, Temp, UF4 Concentration - Vapor Phase & Redox Potential

Old Projects (May Revisit) Some of these where planned before I knew enough about available thermochemical data. Runs with O or H will not be possible.

• Box Project 0: Phase Diagrams for Pure Salt vs Clean Salt
• Box Project 1: CS, Temp, Hyper-Hypo Stoichiometric F - Vapor Phase & Redox Potential]]
• Box Project 2: CS, Temp, O Content - Vapor Phase & Redox Potential
• Box Project 3: CS, Temp, He Content - Vapor Phase & Redox Potential
• Box Project 4: CS, Temp, Xe Content - Vapor Phase & Redox Potential
• Box Project 6: FS, Temp, Hyper-Hypo Stoichiometric F - Vapor Phase & Redox Potential
• Box Project 7: FS, Temp, O Content - Vapor Phase & Redox Potential
• Box Project 8: FS, Temp, He Content - Vapor Phase & Redox Potential
• Box Project 9: FS, Temp, Xe Content - Vapor Phase & Redox Potential
• Box Project 10: FS, Temp, H(tritium) Content, - Vapor Phase & Redox Potential

• FFR Chapter 12: Chemical Aspects of Molten Fluoride Salt Reactor Fuels
• Molten-Salt Reactor Chemistry
• Ridley, Gavin, and Ondrej Chvala. "A method for predicting fuel maintenance in once-through MSRs." Annals of Nuclear Energy 110 (2017): 265-281.
• Besmann, Theodore M., and Juliano Schorne-Pinto. "Developing practical models of complex salts for molten salt reactors." Thermo 1.2 (2021): 168-178.
• Theodore M. Besmann et al. "Applications of Thermochemical Modeling in Molten Salt Reactors," Materials 2024, 17, 495.

• Zotero Group: UT Molten Salt Thermochemistry
• RR: Sensor Development
• RR: MSRR Chemistry Introduction
• RR: Prospectus
• RR: Radio-Isotope Production
• RR: Fuel Cycles
• RR: Transmutation
• RR: Depletion
• RR: Radiolysis
• RR: Composition
• RR: Containment
• RR: Corrosion
• RR: Digital Twin Technologies
• RR: Thermochemical Modeling Tools

• THERMOCHIMICA GitHub
• Energy from Thorium PDF archive: https://energyfromthorium.com/pdf/
• MSR archive by Aslak: https://github.com/openmsr/msr-archive/