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View synonyms for fast-breeder reactor

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
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

fast-breeder reactor

/ făstbrēdər /

  1. A breeder reactor that uses high-speed neutrons to produce fissionable material.
  2. See also nuclear reactor
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The decision would have no impact on Japan's nuclear recycling policy as Tokyo would continue to co-develop a fast-breeder demonstration reactor that has been proposed in France, while research will continue at another experimental fast-breeder reactor, Joyo, which was a predecessor of Monju.

From Reuters

“The situation behind fast-breeder reactor development has drastically changed,” Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga said at a meeting with cabinet ministers.

Monju is a fast-breeder reactor that uses plutonium reprocessed from spent nuclear fuel originating at conventional nuclear plants.

The Russians opted to use a fast-breeder reactor to do the job while the United States chose to build a new mixed oxide facility – also known as the MOX project – at a site on the Savannah River in South Carolina already managed by the U.S.

From US News

Japan already has the Monju fast-breeder reactor for recycling used nuclear fuel instead of building such permanent storage, but the facility has been plagued by fires, shutdowns and other delays.

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