Lee, Y. J. J., & Simones, M. P., & Kennedy, J. C., & Us, H., & Makarewicz, P. F., & Neher, J. A., & Prelas, M. A. (2014, June), Thorium Fuel Cycle for a Molten Salt Reactor: State of Missouri Feasibility Study  Paper presented at 2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition, Indianapolis, Indiana. 10.18260/1-2--23194

\bibitem{asee_peer_23194}
  Lee, Y. J. J., \& Simones, M. P., \& Kennedy, J. C., \& Us, H., \& Makarewicz, P. F., \& Neher, J. A., \& Prelas, M. A. (2014, June), \emph{Thorium Fuel Cycle for a Molten Salt Reactor: State of Missouri Feasibility Study}
  Paper presented at 2014 ASEE Annual Conference \& Exposition, Indianapolis, Indiana.
  10.18260/1-2--23194

Yoonjo Jo Jo Lee, Matthew Paul Simones, John C. Kennedy, Hakan Us, Philip F. Makarewicz, Janese Annetta Neher, and Mark A. Prelas.  "Thorium Fuel Cycle for a Molten Salt Reactor: State of Missouri Feasibility Study".  2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition, Indianapolis, Indiana, 2014, June.  ASEE Conferences, 2014.  https://peer.asee.org/23194 Internet.  15 Dec, 2024

\bibitem{asee_peer_23194}
  Yoonjo Jo Jo Lee, Matthew Paul Simones, John C. Kennedy, Hakan Us, Philip F. Makarewicz, Janese Annetta Neher, and Mark A. Prelas.
  "Thorium Fuel Cycle for a Molten Salt Reactor: State of Missouri Feasibility Study".
  \emph{2014 ASEE Annual Conference \& Exposition, Indianapolis, Indiana, 2014, June}.
  ASEE Conferences, 2014.
  https://peer.asee.org/23194 Internet.  15 Dec, 2024

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