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diff --git a/acknowledgements.tex~ b/acknowledgements.tex~
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+\begin{frame}
+  \frametitle{Conclusions}
+        \begin{block}{SaltProc}
+        \begin{itemize}
+                \item New tool \textbf{SaltProc} was developed to simulate fuel depletion in the \gls{MSR} core with taking into account online reprocessing.
+                \item \textbf{SaltProc} was tested for \gls{MSBR} conceptial design, equilibrium fuel salt composition was found and verified against recent \gls{ORNL} studies.
+		\item Average $^{232}$Th refill rate throughout 20 years of operation is approximately 2.39 kg/day or 100 g/GWh$_e$.
+		\end{itemize}
+		\end{block}
+		\begin{block}{Moltres}
+		\begin{itemize}
+		\item New tool \textbf{Moltres} was developed for modeling coupled physics in fluid-fuelled, molten salt reactors.
+		\item 2D-axisymmetric and 3D multiphysics models are presented.
+		\item \textbf{Moltres} demonstrated strong parallel scaling (up to 384 physical cores) on a typical model problem but further optimization required.
+		\item Over 55,000 node-hours were consumed on \textbf{Blue Waters} to perform this research.
+        \end{itemize}
+        \end{block}
+
+\end{frame}
+
+\begin{frame}
+  \frametitle{Future research}
+
+              \begin{block}{Future research effort}
+                 \begin{enumerate}
+                \item Equilibrium state search for Transatomic \gls{MSR} (\textgreater 30,000 node-hours).
+                \item Fuel cycle performance analysis for load-following regime \\ (\textgreater 40,000 node-hours).
+                \item \gls{LWR} fuel transmutation in \gls{MSR} viability (\textgreater 30,000 node-hours).
+		\vspace*{0.15in}
+                \item Start exploring transients in Moltres, e.g. explore responses to reactivity insertion or gaseuos poisons removal (\textgreater 70,000 node-hours).
+               \end{enumerate}
+               \end{block}
+\end{frame}
diff --git a/acks.tex b/acks.tex
@@ -1,6 +1,19 @@
 \begin{frame}
   \frametitle{Acknowledgement}
-        Acknowledgements should include both people who helped and funding 
-        streams. If you are funded by an NEUP grant, that number usually goes 
-        here. .
+  \begin{itemize}
+    \item This research is part of the Blue Waters sustained-petascale computing project, 
+which is supported by the National Science Foundation (awards OCI-0725070 and 
+ACI-1238993) and the state of Illinois.
+    \item Andrei Rykhlevskii is supported by the Department of Nuclear, Plasma, and Radiological Engineering.
+    \item Kathryn Huff is additionally supported by the NRC Faculty Development Program, the NNSA (awards 
+    DE-NA0002576 and DE-NA0002534), and the International Institute for Carbon Neutral Energy Research (WPI-I2CNER).
+    \item The authors would like to thank  members of Advanced Reactors and Fuel Cycles
+research group (ARFC) at the University of Illinois - Urbana Champaign who 
+provided valuable code reviews and proofreading.
+    \item Alex Lindsay (Idaho National Laboratory), Gavin Ridley (University of Tennessee-Knoxville).
+  \end{itemize}
+    \begin{figure}[t]
+   \hspace*{-0.4in}
+   \includegraphics[height=0.35\textheight]{./images/acks.png}
+    \end{figure}
 \end{frame}
diff --git a/acros.tex b/acros.tex
@@ -97,6 +97,7 @@
 \newacronym{NGNP}{NGNP}{Next Generation Nuclear Plant}
 \newacronym{NMWPC}{NMWPC}{Nuclear MW Per Capita}
 \newacronym{NNSA}{NNSA}{National Nuclear Security Administration}
+\newacronym{NPP}{NPP}{Nuclear Power Plant}
 \newacronym{NPRE}{NPRE}{Department of Nuclear, Plasma, and Radiological Engineering}
 \newacronym{NQA1}{NQA-1}{Nuclear Quality Assurance - 1}
 \newacronym{NRC}{NRC}{Nuclear Regulatory Commission}

diff --git a/arfc-pres.tex b/arfc-pres.tex
@@ -17,6 +17,8 @@
 %\institution[short name]{long name}
 \institute[UIUC]{University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign}
 
+\usepackage{lmodern}
+
 %\usepackage{bbding}
 \usepackage{tikz}
 \usepackage{amsfonts}
@@ -97,13 +99,14 @@
 
 \section{Introduction}
 \input{introduction}
-
 \section{Methodology}
 \input{method}
 \section{Results}
 \input{results}
 \section{Conclusions}
 \input{conclusion}
+\section{Acknowledgements}
+\input{acks}
 %%--------------------------------%%
 %%--------------------------------%%
 \begin{frame}[allowframebreaks]

diff --git a/conclusion.tex b/conclusion.tex
@@ -1,15 +1,18 @@
 \begin{frame}
   \frametitle{Conclusions}
-        \begin{block}{This study outcomes}
+        \begin{block}{SaltProc}
         \begin{itemize}
-                \item New tool SaltProc was developed to simulate fuel depletion in the \gls{MSR} core with taking into account online reprocessing.
-                \item SaltProc was tested for \gls{MSBR} conceptial design, equilibrium fuel salt composition was found and verified against recent \gls{ORNL} studies.
+                \item New tool \textbf{SaltProc} was developed to simulate fuel depletion in the \gls{MSR}.
+                \item \textbf{SaltProc} was tested for \gls{MSBR} conceptial design, equilibrium fuel salt composition was found and verified against recent studies.
 		\item Average $^{232}$Th refill rate throughout 20 years of operation is approximately 2.39 kg/day or 100 g/GWh$_e$.
-		\vspace*{0.15in}
-		\item New tool Moltres was developed for modeling coupled physics in fluid-fuelled, molten salt reactors.
-		\item The 2D-axisymmetric and 3D multiphysics models are presented.
-		\item Moltres demonstrated strong parallel scaling (up to 384 physical cores) on a typical model problem but further optimization required.
-		\item Over 55'000 node-hours were consumed on Blue Waters to perform this research.
+		\end{itemize}
+		\end{block}
+		\begin{block}{Moltres}
+		\begin{itemize}
+		\item New tool \textbf{Moltres} was developed for modeling coupled physics in novel molten salt reactors.
+		\item 2D-axisymmetric and 3D multiphysics models are presented.
+		\item \textbf{Moltres} demonstrated strong parallel scaling (up to 384 physical cores) but further optimization required.
+		\item Over 55,000 node-hours were consumed on \textbf{Blue Waters} to perform this research.
         \end{itemize}
         \end{block}
 
@@ -20,11 +23,11 @@
 
               \begin{block}{Future research effort}
                  \begin{enumerate}
-                \item Equilibrium state search for Transatomic \gls{MSR} (\textgreater 30'000 node-hours).
-                \item Fuel cycle performance analysis for load-following regime \\ (\textgreater 40'000 node-hours).
-                \item \gls{LWR} fuel transmutation in \gls{MSR} viability (\textgreater 30'000 node-hours).
+                \item Equilibrium state search for Transatomic \gls{MSR} (\textgreater 30,000 node-hours).
+                \item Fuel cycle performance analysis for load-following regime \\ (\textgreater 40,000 node-hours).
+                \item \gls{LWR} fuel transmutation in \gls{MSR} viability (\textgreater 30,000 node-hours).
 		\vspace*{0.15in}
-                \item Start exploring transients in Moltres, e.g. explore responses to reactivity insertion or gaseuos poisons removal (\textgreater 70'000 node-hours).
+                \item Start exploring transients in Moltres, e.g. explore responses to reactivity insertion or gaseuos poisons removal (\textgreater 70,000 node-hours).
                \end{enumerate}
                \end{block}
 \end{frame}
diff --git a/images/acks.png b/images/acks.png
diff --git a/introduction.tex b/introduction.tex
@@ -75,11 +75,11 @@ \subsection{Motivation}
                \end{enumerate}
 
            \begin{figure}[t]
-                \vspace*{-0.3in}
+                \vspace*{-0.05in}
 			\hspace*{-0.2in}
-                \includegraphics[height=0.5\textwidth]{./images/coupled_physics.png}
+                \includegraphics[height=0.47\textwidth]{./images/coupled_physics.png}
 		\vspace*{-0.05in}
-		\caption{Multiphysics simulation scheme for \gls{MSR} (Courtesy of Manuele Aufiero,2012).}
+		\caption{Challenges in simulating \gls{MSR} (Courtesy of Manuele Aufiero,2012).}
      	 \end{figure}               
 \end{frame}
 
@@ -88,18 +88,17 @@ \subsection{Motivation}
                   \vspace*{-0.1in}
               \begin{block}{Goal \#1: Tool for online reprocessing depletion simulation (SaltProc)\cite{rykhlevskii_saltproc}}
                \begin{enumerate}
-                \item Create high-fidelity full-core 3-D model of MSBR without any approximations using the continuous-energy SERPENT 2 Monte Carlo physics software \cite{leppanen_serpent_2012}.
-                \item Develop online reprocessing simulation code, SaltProc, which expands the capability of SERPENT for simulation liquid-fueled \gls{MSR} operation.
-                \item Analyse \gls{MSBR} neutronics and fuel cycle to find the equilibrium core composition and core depletion.
-                \item Compare predicted operational and safety parameters of the \gls{MSBR} at both the initial and equilibrium states.
+                \item Create high-fidelity full-core neutronics model of MSBR.
+                \item Develop online reprocessing simulation code, SaltProc, which expands the neutronics code capability for simulation liquid-fueled \gls{MSR} operation.
+                \item Analyse \gls{MSBR} neutronics and fuel cycle performance.
                \end{enumerate}
                \end{block}
 
               \begin{block}{Goal \#2: Tool for multiphysics simulation of \gls{MSR} (Moltres)\cite{lindsay_introduction_2018}}
                \begin{enumerate}
-                \item Demonstrate steady-state coupling of neutron fluxes, precursors, and temperature for thermal \gls{MSR} design.
+                \item Demonstrate steady-state coupling of neutron fluxes, precursors, and thermal-hydraulics.
                 \item Implement advective movement of delayed neutron precursors.
-                \item Demonstrate capabilities with 2D axisymmetric and 3D structured/unstructured mesh.
+                \item Demonstrate capabilities with 2D axisymmetric and 3D mesh.
                \end{enumerate}
                \end{block}
 

diff --git a/method.tex b/method.tex
@@ -63,10 +63,10 @@
                 \vspace*{-0.1in}
                   % \hspace*{-0.37in}
                 \includegraphics[height=0.45\textwidth]{./images/pa_isolation.png}
-                \vspace*{-0.07in}
+                \vspace*{-0.09in}
                 \caption{Protactinium isolation with uranium removal by fluorination \cite{robertson_conceptual_1971}.}
       \end{figure}
-                      \vspace*{-0.17in}
+                      \vspace*{-0.22in}
              \begin{block}{Online reprocessing approach}
                \begin{itemize}             
                \item Continuously removes all poisons, noble metals, and gases.

diff --git a/results.tex b/results.tex
@@ -57,33 +57,32 @@
 
     \column[t]{4.5cm}
        \begin{itemize}
-	        \item Fluctuation with various interval and amplitude due to batch-wise removal of strong absorbers
-   		\item Feed rate increases during the first 500 days of operation and than steadily reduces due to spectrum hardening and accumulation of absorbers in the core
-   		\item Average $^{232}$Th refill rate throughout 20 years of operation is approximately 2.39 kg/day or 100 g/GWh$_e$
+	        \item Fluctuation due to batch-wise removal of strong absorbers
+   		\item Feed rate varies due to neutron energy spectrum evolution
+   		\item $^{232}$Th consumption is 100 g/GWh$_e$
        \end{itemize}
      \end{columns}
 \end{frame}
 
 \begin{frame}
   \frametitle{Multiphysics simulation results (2D)}
-  \begin{figure}[t]
+  \begin{figure}
    \vspace{-0.05in}
    \hspace*{-0.15in}
    \includegraphics[height=0.85\textheight]{./images/moltres_flux.png}
    \vspace{-0.1in}
-   \caption{Fast ($\phi_1$ and thermal $\phi_2$ neutron flux obtained using Moltres.}
+   \caption{Fast ($\phi_1$) and thermal ($\phi_2$) neutron flux obtained using Moltres 			\cite{lindsay_introduction_2018}.}
     \end{figure}
-
 \end{frame}
 
 \begin{frame}
   \frametitle{Multiphysics simulation results (2D) (2)}
   \begin{figure}[t]
    \vspace{-0.05in}
    \hspace*{-0.15in}
-   \includegraphics[height=0.9\textheight]{./images/moltres_temp.png}
+   \includegraphics[height=0.85\textheight]{./images/moltres_temp.png}
    \vspace{-0.1in}
-   \caption{Temperature in channel obtained using Moltres.}
+   \caption{Temperature in channel obtained using Moltres \cite{lindsay_introduction_2018}.}
     \end{figure}
 
 \end{frame}
@@ -94,8 +93,7 @@
    \vspace{-0.1in}
    \hspace*{-0.45in}
    \includegraphics[height=0.75\textheight]{./images/moltres_3D.png}
-
-   \caption{Cuboidal \gls{MSR} steady-state temperature and fast neutron flux.}
+   \caption{Cuboidal \gls{MSR} steady-state temperature and fast neutron flux \cite{ridley_moltres_2017}.}
     \end{figure}
 
 \end{frame}