Acknowledgement
This work was supported by Modular HTGR Super-critical Power Generation Technology collaborative project between CNNC and Tsinghua University Project [grant number ZHJTIZYFGWD20201], the National Key R&D Plan of China [grant number 2020YFB1901600], and the National Science Technology Major Project of China [grant numbers 2017ZX06902012 and 2017ZX06901024] and CNNC Youth Elite Scientific Research Project.
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