A fast-neutron reactor (FNR) or fast-spectrum reactor or simply a fast reactor is a category of nuclear reactor in which the fission chain reaction is...

sodium-cooled fast reactor is a fast neutron reactor cooled by liquid sodium. The initials SFR in particular refer to two Generation IV reactor proposals...

nuclear reactor because most fissile fuel has a higher reaction rate with thermal neutrons. Fast neutrons can be rapidly changed into thermal neutrons via...

the reactor's fuel, moderator and structure, which is much lower energy than the fast neutrons initially produced by fission.) A fast-neutron reactor, on...

engineering, a neutron moderator is a medium that reduces the speed of fast neutrons, ideally without capturing any, leaving them as thermal neutrons with only...

a fast reactor needs no moderator to slow down the neutrons at all, taking advantage of the fast neutrons producing a greater number of neutrons per...

and fast-neutron reactors. To date, most fast neutron reactors have been liquid metal cooled and so are called liquid metal cooled fast reactors (LMFRs)...

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these reactors operate with fast neutrons. The concept is generally similar to sodium-cooled fast reactors, and most liquid-metal fast reactors have used...

single neutrons and split, releasing energy and multiple neutrons, which can induce further fission. Reactors stabilize this, regulating neutron absorbers...

Energy Multiplier Module Fast breeder reactor Fast neutron reactor Generation IV reactor PBMR Very high temperature reactor HTR-10 HTR-PM Fouquet, Doug...

the gas-cooled fast reactor (GFR), the lead-cooled fast reactor (LFR), the molten salt reactor (MSR), the sodium-cooled fast reactor (SFR), the...

reactor – Fast breeder nuclear reactor under development in Russia MBIR – Fast neutron research reactor Prototype Fast Breeder Reactor – Indian fast breeder...

integral fast reactor (IFR), originally the advanced liquid-metal reactor (ALMR), is a design for a nuclear reactor using fast neutrons and no neutron moderator...

Some designs are compatible with fast neutrons, which can "burn" transuranic elements such as 240 Pu, 241 Pu (reactor grade plutonium) from LWRs. An MSR...

neutrons, which move more slowly. Fast neutron reactors use fast fission to produce energy, unlike most nuclear reactors. In a conventional reactor,...

Neutron scattering is practiced at research reactors and spallation neutron sources that provide neutron radiation of varying intensities. Neutron diffraction...

The BN-800 reactor (Russian: реактор БН–800) is a sodium-cooled fast breeder reactor, built at the Beloyarsk Nuclear Power Station, in Zarechny, Sverdlovsk...

has media related to Experimental Breeder Reactor I. Official website Zinn, Feasibility Report: Fast Neutron Pile for a Test of Conversion, ANL-4356, 1949...

light-water reactor (LWR) is a type of thermal-neutron reactor that uses normal water, as opposed to heavy water, as both its coolant and neutron moderator;...

(slow-neutron) fission reactors, the typical prompt neutron lifetime is on the order of 10−4 seconds, and for fast fission reactors, the prompt neutron lifetime...

still a common neutron source. The neutrons in nuclear reactors are generally categorized as slow (thermal) neutrons or fast neutrons depending on their...

fuel that a nuclear power reactor uses has burnt up. The uranium-238 from which most of the plutonium isotopes derive by neutron capture is found along with...

designs include generation IV, thermal-neutron reactors, fast-neutron reactors, molten salt, and gas-cooled reactor models. Commercial SMRs have been designed...

such as nuclear reactors, a neutron poison (also called a neutron absorber or a nuclear poison) is a substance with a large neutron absorption cross-section...

The BN-1200 reactor is a sodium-cooled fast breeder reactor project, under development by OKBM Afrikantov in Zarechny, Russia. The BN-1200 is based on...

a fast neutron reactor core. Test pieces were encased in uranium-bearing alloy to increase the already high neutron flux of this class of reactor, and...

power generation system and utilizing a compact fast neutron reactor to produce heat. Fast reactors were first implemented in the 1950s, with around...

and Canada). In a PWR, water is used both as a neutron moderator and as coolant fluid for the reactor core. In the core, water is heated by the energy...

a fast neutron reactor, thereby combining the established and proven technology of light water reactors with the desired features of fast neutron reactors...