fast-breeder reactor

or fast breeder reactor

[ fast-bree-der, fahst- ]

noun

, Physics.

1. a breeder reactor in which there is no moderator and fission is caused by high-energy neutrons.

fast-breeder reactor

noun

1. a nuclear reactor that uses little or no moderator and produces more fissionable material than it consumes See also breeder reactor fast reactor

fast-breeder reactor

/ făst′brē′dər /

1. A breeder reactor that uses high-speed neutrons to produce fissionable material.
2. See also nuclear reactor

Example Sentences

While the United States has wasted the past 20 years gabbing about small modular reactors, Russia has developed the BN-800 fast breeder reactor at Beloyarsk 4.

From Washington Post

Energise exhibits will include an early prototype of Salter's duck — a key device in the history of wave power — and the switch that connected the now-defunct Dounreay fast breeder reactor in Caithness to the grid.

From Nature

Japan’s plutonium-burning fast breeder reactor Monju, suspended for more than 20 years, is now on the verge of being closed due to poor safety records and technical problems, while optional plans to burn uranium-plutonium mixtures of MOX fuel in conventional reactors have been delayed since the Fukushima crisis.

From Washington Times

Some 35 years ago, Westinghouse was at the forefront of a new reactor design - the liquid metal fast breeder reactor, which would have used sodium as a coolant, was designed to produce more fuel than it uses to generate electricity.

From Washington Times

The experimental fast breeder reactor led British research and development of nuclear energy during the 1950s and 60s.

From BBC

Related Words

• reactor