breeder reactor
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Unfortunately, no commercially viable breeder reactor has ever been built.
From Washington Post • Apr. 19, 2022
However, it has the potential to produce prodigious amounts of energy in what is called a breeder reactor without requiring any further uranium mining.
From Washington Post • Apr. 19, 2022
TerraPower wants to partner with countries that are actively pursuing fast, breeder reactor technology.
From Scientific American • Jun. 23, 2011
Oregon's Mark Hatfield and Arkansas' Dale Bumpers, who oppose any breeder reactor at all, were also soured by the arrangement with McClure.
From Time Magazine Archive
After the first decade, new energy technology, including perhaps even the breeder reactor, will begin to take up the slack caused by depletion of domestic natural gas and oil supplies.
From Time Magazine Archive
