Acknowledgement
This research was supported by National Nuclear R&D Program through the National Research Foundation of the Republic of Korea (NRF) funded by the Ministry of Science, ICT & Future Planning (NRF2021M2D1A1084847). It was also supported by the Korea Institute of Energy Technology Evaluation and Planning (KETEP) and the Ministry of Trade, Industry & Energy (MOTIE) of the Republic of Korea (No. 20224B10200050).
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