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Stable Isotope Enrichment

Lithium 7 element
Lithium 6 element

Lithium Isotope Enrichment

Enriched lithium isotopes have important uses in nuclear power.  

  • Li-7 is relatively transparent to neutrons.  As a hydroxide it is necessary in small quantities to stabilize the pH in pressurized water reactor cooling systems.  As a fluroide it will be in great demand for molten salt reactors

  • Li-6 absorbs neutrons to yield tritium and helium. Tritium is a critical fuel for nuclear fusion energy production.

Chlorine 35 element
Chlorine 37 element

Chlorine Isotope Enrichment

Chlorine salts are used in fast breeder molten salt reactors.  The heavier Cl-37 is desirable in these applications because when Cl-35 absorbs a neutron to form Cl-36 it decays to S-36.   

Production on Demand

Molten Salt Solutions is scaling up the first commercial production of enriched Li-6 and Li-7.

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