Acknowledgements

This research was funded by the National Nuclear Security Administration, Defense Nuclear Nonproliferation Research and Development (NNSA DNN R&D). Support was also provided by the DOE Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Technology Office, and the DOE Office of Fossil Energy. The authors acknowledge important interdisciplinary collaboration with scientist and engineers from LANL, LLNL, MSTS, PNNL, and SNL. PNNL is operated by Battelle Memorial Institute for the U.S Department of Energy (DOE under Contract No. DE-AC05-76RL01830. Thanks also go to Michael Ripplinger, William Sliger, Nathan Canfield and Lance Hubbard of PNNL for their contributions to the project.