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liquid metal reactor - a nuclear reactor using liquid metal as a coolant

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

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Starting in 1954, a number of reactors were connected to grids, including a small liquid metal reactor in the Soviet Union, a larger gas-cooled reactor in the United Kingdom, and several small reactors of various types in the United States (including pressurized water, boiling water, and liquid-metal designs).

Heeding the lessons of history: as the nuclear power industry looks to new designs and technology, we can learn from the successes and failures of the first generation of reactor development

This approach would obviate the need to develop cycles based on expensive LMR (Liquid Metal Reactor) Pu breeding technology, should uranium resources ever become limited.

CANDU reactors and advanced fuel cycles

The Advanced Liquid Metal Reactor is designed to increase station output relatively quickly and economically.

Modular nuclear steam supply

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