breeder reactor

breeder reactor

n.

A nuclear reactor that produces as well as consumes fissionable material, especially one that produces more fissionable material than it consumes.

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breeder reactor

n

(Physics / Nuclear Physics) a type of nuclear reactor that produces more fissionable material than it consumes Compare converter reactor See also fast-breeder reactor

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breeder reactor  (brdr)

A nuclear reactor that is used to create fissionable material (such as plutonium-239) by exposing nonfissionable material (such as uranium-238) to radiation. The source of the radiation is usually some other fissionable material. Breeder reactors produce more fissionable material than they use up.

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breeder reactor - a nuclear reactor that produces more fissile material than it burns blanket - a layer of lead surrounding the highly reactive core of a nuclear reactor nuclear reactor, reactor - (physics) any of several kinds of apparatus that maintain and control a nuclear reaction for the production of energy or artificial elements