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• thermal breeder — thermal breeder, a breeder reactor that uses slow neutrons to produce fissionable material …   Useful english dictionary

• breeder reactor — n. a nuclear reactor generating nuclear energy and creating additional fuel by producing more fissile material than it consumes * * *       nuclear reactor that produces more fissionable material than it consumes to generate energy. This special… …   Universalium

• 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

• 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 breeder — fast breeder, or fast breed|er reactor «FAST BREE duhr, FAHST », an atomic power plant that utilizes fast neutrons to produce its own plutonium fuel as well as generate power with almost no loss of fissionable material: »Two different breeder… …   Useful english dictionary

• 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

• 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

• Nuclear thermal rocket — Sketch of nuclear thermal rocket …   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

• Nuclear fission — For the generation of electrical power by fission, see Nuclear power. Splitting the atom redirects here. For the EP, see Splitting the Atom. Nuclear physics Radioactive decay Nuclear fission Nuclear fusio …   Wikipedia

• Nuclear power debate — For nuclear energy policies by nation, see Nuclear energy policy. For public protests about nuclear power, see Anti nuclear movement. Three of the reactors at Fukushima I overheated, causing meltdowns that eventually led to hydrogen explosions,… …   Wikipedia