Re:Application submitted for US molten salt research reactor
by PaulHoule on Monday August 22, 2022 @03:48PM
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The cause of the criticality accident was that they did not remove the uranium when they were done with it. This is straightforward to do, you pump F2 gas into the salt and this gas is produced
which can be stored in tanks. Instead of removing it they let the salt sit, and radioactive decay led to F2 gas being produced by the salt, which caused UF6 to be produced slowly and then migrate.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uranium_hexafluoride
which can be stored in tanks. Instead of removing it they let the salt sit, and radioactive decay led to F2 gas being produced by the salt, which caused UF6 to be produced slowly and then migrate.
This mistake won't happen again.