fast-fission reactor

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• fast-breeder reactor — /fast bree deuhr, fahst /, Physics. a breeder reactor in which there is no moderator and fission is caused by high energy neutrons. Also, fast breeder reactor. * * * fast breeder reactor noun A nuclear reactor using fast neutrons which produces… …   Useful english dictionary

• fast-breeder reactor — /fast bree deuhr, fahst /, Physics. a breeder reactor in which there is no moderator and fission is caused by high energy neutrons. Also, fast breeder reactor. * * * …   Universalium

• 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

• Fast neutron reactor — [ Shevchenko BN350 nuclear fast reactor and desalination plant situated on the shore of the Caspian Sea. The plant generates 135 MWe and provides steam for an associated desalination plant. View of the interior of the reactor hall.] A fast… …   Wikipedia

• Fast fission — is fission that occurs when a heavy atom absorbs a high energy neutron, called a fast neutron, and splits. Most fissionable materials need thermal neutrons, which move slower. Fast reactors vs. thermal reactorsFast neutron reactors use fast… …   Wikipedia

• Fast breeder reactor — (FBR)   A reactor in which the fission chain reaction is sustained primarily by fast neutrons rather than by thermal or intermediate neutrons. Fast reactors require little or no moderator to slow down the neutrons from the speeds at which they… …   Energy terms

• Liquid metal fast breeder reactor —   A nuclear breeder reactor, cooled by molten sodium, in which fission is caused by fast neutrons.   U.S. Dept. of Energy, Energy Information Administration s Energy Glossary …   Energy terms

• fast breeder — ► NOUN ▪ a breeder reactor in which the neutrons causing fission are not slowed by any moderator …   English terms dictionary

• nuclear fission — fission (def. 2). [1885 90] * * * Division of a heavy atomic nucleus into two fragments of roughly equal mass, accompanied by the release of a large amount of energy, the binding energy of the subatomic particles. The energy released in the… …   Universalium

• reactor — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ nuclear, nuclear power ▪ breeder, fast, fast breeder, fission, fusion, gas cooled, light water, etc …   Collocations dictionary

• fast breeder — noun a breeder reactor in which the neutrons causing fission are not slowed by any moderator …   English new terms dictionary