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1 files changed, 10 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/src/Java/gtPlusPlus/core/item/ModItems.java b/src/Java/gtPlusPlus/core/item/ModItems.java
index 1dd3dbad01..fd5f7896c2 100644
--- a/src/Java/gtPlusPlus/core/item/ModItems.java
+++ b/src/Java/gtPlusPlus/core/item/ModItems.java
@@ -136,6 +136,7 @@ public final class ModItems {
public static Item dustLithiumPeroxide;
public static Item dustLithiumFluoride;
+ public static Item dustUranium232;
public static Item dustUraniumTetraFluoride;
public static Item dustUraniumHexaFluoride;
@@ -236,8 +237,16 @@ public final class ModItems {
//Elements generate first so they can be used in compounds.
+ //Lithium-7 is used as a part of the molten lithium fluoride in molten salt reactors: liquid-fluoride nuclear reactors.
+ //The large neutron-absorption cross-section of lithium-6 (about 940 barns[5]) as compared with the very small
+ //neutron cross-section of lithium-7 (about 45 millibarns) makes high separation of lithium-7 from natural lithium a
+ //strong requirement for the possible use in lithium fluoride reactors.
+ MaterialGenerator.generate(ELEMENT.getInstance().LITHIUM7);
+ //Production of 233U (through the neutron irradiation of 232Th) invariably produces small amounts of 232U as an impurity
+ //because of parasitic (n,2n) reactions on uranium-233 itself, or on protactinium-233, or on thorium-232:
+ MaterialGenerator.generate(ELEMENT.getInstance().URANIUM232);
//Uranium-233 is a fissile isotope of uranium that is bred from thorium-232 as part of the thorium fuel cycle.
- MaterialGenerator.generate(ELEMENT.getInstance().URANIUM233);
+ MaterialGenerator.generate(ELEMENT.getInstance().URANIUM233);
//Zirconium - Because Greg himself never added it.
MaterialGenerator.generate(ELEMENT.getInstance().ZIRCONIUM);