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...unless the sacrificial material is a component of the salt anyway, like Beryllium. ORNL proposed to have a Beryllium rod in contact with the fuel salt. It
by 08-15 6y ago
...unless the sacrificial material is a component of the salt anyway, like Beryllium.
ORNL proposed to have a Beryllium rod in contact with the fuel salt. It isn't needed to prevent corrosion of Hastelloy N in clean fuel salt, but it was intended to scavenge the fission product Tellurium, which was found to otherwise cause corrosion.