breeder reactor

Example Sentences

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There is nuclear fission which produces no CO2 and with modern breeder reactor technology will produce little radioactive waste.

From New York Times

The problem with the breeder reactor waste is just one of many environmental issues at the lab, located on a high desert plateau near Idaho Falls.

From Los Angeles Times

It was once seen within the global nuclear research community as a bold experiment, as similar breeder reactor programs elsewhere were halted.

From Science Magazine

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

This is especially true if you like to prepare confit, which is to duck fat what a breeder reactor is to plutonium.

From Los Angeles Times