breeder reactor
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Unfortunately, no commercially viable breeder reactor has ever been built.
From Washington Post • Apr. 19, 2022
Solving this will require a breeder reactor: one that can extract the energy of the major component of uranium, its isotope U-238.
From Washington Post • Oct. 29, 2021
TerraPower wants to partner with countries that are actively pursuing fast, breeder reactor technology.
From Scientific American • Jun. 23, 2011
They were protesting against "Super Ph�nix," France's giant Plutonium breeder reactor, under construction near Malville, 28 miles east of Lyon.
From Time Magazine Archive
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In August, some 30,000 protesters tried to slow the train down by staging a noisy demonstration at Super Phenix, the big French plutonium breeder reactor east of Lyon.
From Time Magazine Archive
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