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Salt can be extremely chemically inert. Very different from sodium. Also it has very low vapor pressure so different from water.

• jiggawatts 5y ago
  Not the salts used in reactors. Toxic element are used like fluorine, not to mention the fuel that’s dissolved into it.
  • Gravityloss 5y ago
    I use fluoride tooth paste every day. I wouldn't put sodium in my mouth...
    • jiggawatts 5y ago
      You put sodium in your mouth every day. It's in salt! Fluoride in toothpaste is toxic. You have to spit it out, not swallow it. The small quantities used are fine, but if ingested a significant amount, you'd get a "not fun" trip to hospital.
      • irjustin 5y ago
        I don't recommend continuing the thread. The parent commenter isn't talking about the science and closer to strawman/whatabout-isms.
      • Gravityloss 5y ago
        Sodium in a sodium cooled reactor is not in salt form.