Breeder reactor
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breeder-reactor-172-2586409
title:
Breeder reactor
text:
A breeder reactor is a nuclear reactor that generates more fissile material than it consumes. These reactors can be fueled with more-commonly available isotopes of uranium and thorium, such as uranium-238 and thorium-232, as opposed to the rare uranium-235 which is used in conventional reactors. These materials are called fertile materials since they can be bred into fuel by these breeder reactors. Breeder reactors achieve this because their neutron economy is high enough to create more fissile
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encyclopedia
description:
Nuclear reactor generating more fissile material than it consumes
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Breeder_reactor
date created:
2003-05-16T17:17:10Z
date modified:
2024-09-01T17:17:49Z
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