breeder reaction

  • 1breeder 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… …

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  • 2Breeder 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… …

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  • 3Fast 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 …

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  • 4Experimental Breeder Reactor I — Infobox nrhp | name =Experimental Breeder Reactor No. 1 nrhp type = nhl caption = Experimental Breeder Reactor Number 1 in Idaho, the first power reactor. The reactor is in the building at center, the two structures lower left are reactors from… …

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  • 5fast 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… …

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  • 6Chain Reaction (horse) — Chain Reaction Sire Chop Chop Grandsire Flares Dam Erstwhile Damsire Helter Skelter Sex Stallion Foaled …

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  • 7fast breeder reactor — ˌfast ˈbreeder 7 [fast breeder fast breeders] (also ˌfast ˌbreeder reˈactor) noun a ↑reactor in a nuclear power station in which the reaction that produces energy is not made slower …

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  • 8Fast 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… …

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  • 9SSTAR — is an acronym for the small, sealed, transportable, autonomous reactor being primarily researched and developed in the USA by Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory. It is intended as a fast breeder reactor that is passively safe, has a self… …

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  • 10реакция воспроизводства ядерного топлива — — [А.С.Гольдберг. Англо русский энергетический словарь. 2006 г.] Тематики энергетика в целом EN breeder reaction …

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