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There are plenty of volatile fission products in a molten salt reactor. For example, at MSRE, a large fraction of the iodine went completely missing and no one
by acidburnNSA 5y ago
There are plenty of volatile fission products in a molten salt reactor. For example, at MSRE, a large fraction of the iodine went completely missing and no one to this day knows where it went. Capable and redundant containment systems are absolutely necessary in these reactors.