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• Breeder reactor — Assembly of the core of Experimental Breeder Reactor I in Idaho, 1951 A breeder reactor is a nuclear reactor that generates more fissile material in fuel than it consumes.[1] These reactors are considered appealing due to their superior fuel… …   Wikipedia

• Clinch River Breeder Reactor Project — Architect s conception of the Clinch River Breeder Reactor The Clinch River Breeder Reactor (CRBRP) Project was a joint effort of the U.S. Atomic Energy Commission (and its successor agencies, the U.S. Energy Research and Development… …   Wikipedia

• Fast breeder reactor — The fast breeder or fast breeder reactor (FBR) is a fast neutron reactor designed to breed fuel by producing more fissile material than it consumes. The FBR is one possible type of breeder reactor. The reactors are used in nuclear power plants to …   Wikipedia

• Experimental Breeder Reactor I — Infobox nrhp | name =Experimental Breeder Reactor No. 1 nrhp type = nhl caption = Experimental Breeder Reactor Number 1 in Idaho, the first power reactor. The reactor is in the building at center, the two structures lower left are reactors from… …   Wikipedia

• Experimental Breeder Reactor II — There is also a separate, closed, unrelated facility called Experimental Breeder Reactor I .Experimental Breeder Reactor II (EBR II) is a reactor at the Materials and Fuels Complex of the Idaho National Laboratory, formerly the Argonne West… …   Wikipedia

• breeder — [brēd′ər] n. 1. an animal or plant that produces offspring 2. a person who breeds animals or plants 3. BREEDER REACTOR …   English World dictionary

• Reactor vessel — In a nuclear power plant, the reactor vessel is a pressure vessel containing the coolant and reactor core. Not all power reactors have a reactor vessel. Power reactors are generally classified by the type of coolant rather than the by the… …   Wikipedia

• breeder — noun Date: 1531 one that breeds: as a. an animal or plant kept for propagation b. one engaged in the breeding of a specified organism c. a nuclear reactor designed to produce more fissionable material than it uses as fuel called also breeder… …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• breeder — /bree deuhr/, n. 1. an animal, plant, or person that produces offspring or reproduces. 2. a person who raises animals or plants primarily for breeding purposes. 3. Also called breeder reactor. Energy. a nuclear reactor in which more fissile… …   Universalium

• breeder — breed•er [[t]ˈbri dər[/t]] n. 1) gen an animal, plant, or person that reproduces 2) gen a person who raises animals or plants primarily for breeding purposes 3) phs ene Also called breed′er reac tor. a nuclear reactor in which more fissile… …   From formal English to slang

• Nuclear reactor — Core of CROCUS, a small nuclear reactor used for research at the EPFL in Switzerland This article is a subarticle of Nuclear power. A nuclear reactor is a device to initiate and control a sustained nuclear chain reaction. Most commonly they are… …   Wikipedia