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Re:1MW Molten-Salt Test Reactor by Copenhagen Atomic for €88... by ta988 on Friday December 11, 2020 @03:46PM (#25390754)
You need an oxydizer whatever it is. Oxygen is only one oxidizer. Chlorine, fluorine and the other halogens are oxidizers too.
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Re:1MW Molten-Salt Test Reactor by Copenhagen Atomic for €88... by 08-15 on Saturday December 12, 2020 @06:11AM (#25397516)
Fluoride (with a 'd') is not fluorine (with a 'n'). The difference is as big as that between sodium and sodium chloride. You can eat one, but not the other.

The most powerful oxidizer in MSR fuel salt is the U(IV) ion.

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Re:1MW Molten-Salt Test Reactor by Copenhagen Atomic for €88... by andreareina on Saturday December 12, 2020 @03:05AM (#25396613)
IIRC fluorine is/can be a more potent oxidiser than oxygen.
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