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pfdietz on Aug 22, 2022 | parent | context | favorite | on: Application submitted for US molten salt research ...

Because fluorine has a low neutron capture cross section.

Chlorine has a rather high capture cross section for thermal neutrons, so it could only be used in fast reactors.

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