TY - RPRT TI - Be₂C as a neutron moderator for molten salt reactors: A first-principles study of structural, electronic, and defect properties AU - Osetskiy, Yuri [Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States). Materials Science & Technology Division] (ORCID:0000000281090030) AU - Du, Mao-Hua [NAGA, Knoxville, TN (United States)] AU - Samolyuk, German D. [Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States). Materials Science & Technology Division] (ORCID:0000000168778255) AU - Zarkadoula, Eva [Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States). Center for Nanophase Materials Sciences (CNMS)] (ORCID:0000000268869664) AU - Campbell, Anne [Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States). Materials Science & Technology Division] (ORCID:0000000191099541) PY - 2025 DO - 10.1016/j.jallcom.2025.183209 UR - https://www.osti.gov/biblio/3002692 ID - 3002692 ER -