Cesium Clustering and Fluoroberyllate Network Disruption in FLiBe: A Total Scattering and Molecular Dynamics Study

Sean Fayfar, Rajni Chahal, Danny Wang +7

Several next-generation fission reactor designs employ molten salts such as FLiBe (2LiF-BeF${}_2$), with some concepts using fuel dissolved directly in the salt. During operation, fi…