New model developments for fuel supply strategies in molten salt reactors: Application to the REM depletion code

Special Issue on ‘Overview of recent advances in HPC simulation methods for nuclear applications’, edited by Andrea Zoia, Elie Saikali, Cheikh Diop and Cyrille de Saint Jean

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Issue		EPJ Nuclear Sci. Technol. Volume 11, 2025 Special Issue on ‘Overview of recent advances in HPC simulation methods for nuclear applications’, edited by Andrea Zoia, Elie Saikali, Cheikh Diop and Cyrille de Saint Jean


Article Number		65
Number of page(s)		11
DOI		https://doi.org/10.1051/epjn/2025063
Published online		20 October 2025

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