Saya Lee

Affiliate Researcher
Titles and Affiliations
Assistant Professor, Ken and Mary Alice Lindquist Department of Nuclear Engineering

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Recent Publications

Development and Application of Reduced-Order Models for Thermal-Fluid Dynamics in Molten Salt Reactors

Acierno, J., Dalinger, M., Emler, C., Merzari, E., Lee, S., Nguyen, T., Yuan, H. & Fischer, P., 2025, (Accepted/In press) In: Nuclear Technology.

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High-Temperature Fiber Optic Sensor Performance for Heat Pipe Instrumentation

Balbier, C., Bucks, S., Scurti, F. & Lee, S., 2025, In: IEEE Sensors Journal. 25, 10, p. 17117-17127 11 p.

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Comparison of Gaussian Plume Model and Benchmark Studies for near field Dispersion

Hisahara, E., Balbier, C. & Lee, S., 2025, In: Transactions of the American Nuclear Society. 132, 1, p. 729-732 4 p.

Research output: Contribution to journalConference articlepeer-review

Social Readiness Level and Natural Language Processing: tools for measurement and management of societal acceptance of nuclear energy

Kim, H., Lee, S., Sorokina, N. & Sunoj, D., 2025, In: Transactions of the American Nuclear Society. 132, 1, p. 137-139 3 p.

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Sustainable Energy Marketplace and Societal Readiness

Kim, H., Lee, S., Sorokina, N. & Sunoj, D., 2025, In: Transactions of the American Nuclear Society. 132, 1, p. 130-132 3 p.

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High Temperature Fiber Optic Temperature Sensor Performance

Balbier, C., Bucks, S. & Lee, S., 2024, In: Transactions of the American Nuclear Society. 130, 1, p. 1238-1241 4 p.

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Uncertainty Propagation for the Fission Matrix Method for the Molten Salt Fast Reactor

Dalinger, M., Merzari, E., Walters, W. J. & Lee, S., 2024, In: Transactions of the American Nuclear Society. 130, 1, p. 1034-1037 4 p.

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Neutronics and Thermal Hydraulics Analysis of the Molten Salt Fast Reactor

Emler, C., Merzari, E., Lee, S. & Walters, W., 2024, In: Transactions of the American Nuclear Society. 130, 1, p. 1278-1281 4 p.

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Preliminary Parametric Study of Microreactor EPZ

Hisahara, E., Balbier, C., Lee, S., Biwalkar, R. & Talabi, S., 2024, In: Transactions of the American Nuclear Society. 130, 1, p. 857-860 4 p.

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Feasibility Test of Fiber Optic Temperature Sensors in Sodium Heat Pipes

Balbier, C., Smith, N., Kim, H. & Lee, S., 2023, In: Transactions of the American Nuclear Society. 129, p. 1152-1155 4 p.

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Design Exploration of a Cold-Spray Additive Manufactured Pin-Fin Heat Sinks for Heat Pipe Microreactors

Braatz, M., Hisahara, E. & Lee, S., 2023, In: Transactions of the American Nuclear Society. 129, p. 1158-1161 4 p.

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The Design of High-Temperature Molten Salt Irradiation Test Apparatus

Eltawila, M., Hisahara, E., Yesilada, B., Walters, W., Johnsen, A. & Lee, S., 2023, In: Transactions of the American Nuclear Society. 129, p. 390-393 4 p.

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Molten Salt Cask Design using MOOSE Framework for High-Temperature Irradiation Experiment

Hisahara, E., Yesilada, B., Eltawila, M., Walters, W., Johnsen, A. & Lee, S., 2023, In: Transactions of the American Nuclear Society. 129, p. 1130-1133 4 p.

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Flow structures of the cross-flow over a five-layer helically coiled steam generator geometry

Lee, S. & Hassan, Y. A., Jun 2022, In: International Journal of Heat and Fluid Flow. 95, 108950.

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Experimental investigation of the annular flow caused by convective boiling in a heated annular channel

Seo, J., Lee, S., Yang, S. R. & Hassan, Y. A., May 2021, In: Nuclear Engineering and Design. 376, 111088.

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