The Prototype Fast Breeder Reactor (PFBR) is a 500 MWe sodium-cooled, fast breeder reactor that is being constructed at Kokkilamedu, near Kalpakkam, in...
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5623504°N 80.1645415°E / 12.5623504; 80.1645415 The Fast Breeder Test Reactor (FBTR) is a breeder reactor located at Kalpakkam, Tamil Nadu, India. The Indira...
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A breeder reactor is a nuclear reactor that generates more fissile material than it consumes. These reactors can be fueled with more-commonly available...
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reactor (LMR) is a type of nuclear reactor where the primary coolant is a liquid metal. Liquid metal cooled reactors were first adapted for breeder reactor...
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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...
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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...
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The BN-600 reactor is a sodium-cooled fast breeder reactor, built at the Beloyarsk Nuclear Power Station, in Zarechny, Sverdlovsk Oblast, Russia. It has...
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reactor types Generation II reactor Generation III reactor Integral fast reactor Stable salt reactor Liquid fluoride thorium reactor Breeder reactor Small...
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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...
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gas-cooled fast reactor (GFR) system is a nuclear reactor design which is currently in development. Classed as a Generation IV reactor, it features a fast-neutron...
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and Instrumentation Lab were constructed. The center houses a Fast Breeder Test Reactor (FBTR), which attained its first criticality in October 1985....
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5 years Fast breeder reactor Fast neutron reactor Generation IV reactor Siberian Chemical Combine Design completed for prototype fast reactor, World Nuclear...
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of the Integral Fast Reactor developed by Argonne National Laboratory between 1984 and 1994. It is a sodium-cooled fast breeder reactor, based on the Experimental...
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development of civil fast breeder reactors, and the Vulcan Naval Reactor Test Establishment (NRTE), a military submarine reactor testing facility. Both these...
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high-temperature reactors) and still have a solid fuel. Molten salt reactors, as a class, include both burners and breeders in fast or thermal spectra...
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The Fast Flux Test Facility (FFTF) is a 400 MW thermal, liquid sodium cooled, nuclear test reactor owned by the U.S. Department of Energy. It does not...
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Experimental Breeder Reactor-II (EBR-II) was a sodium-cooled fast reactor designed, built and operated by Argonne National Laboratory at the National Reactor Testing...
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Experimental Breeder Reactor I (EBR-I) is a decommissioned research reactor and U.S. National Historic Landmark located in the desert about 18 miles (29 km)...
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The IFR was a sodium-cooled fast reactor (SFR) is its closest surviving fast breeder reactor, a type of Generation IV reactor. The U.S. Department of Energy...
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design. Fast breeder reactor Fast neutron reactor Gas-cooled fast reactor Generation IV reactor Integral fast reactor Sodium-cooled fast reactor Reistad...
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utilise Uranium-233 produced in the fast-breeder reactors being developed by IGCAR. The Indian molten salt breeder reactor (IMSBR) is the platform to burn...
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fast breeder reactor that is passively safe. It has a self-contained fuel source of uranium-235 and uranium-238 which will be partly consumed by fast-neutron...
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characteristics of a fast neutron reactor, thereby combining the established and proven technology of light water reactors with the desired features of fast neutron...
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the detonation of India's first nuclear explosion in 1974. India's fast breeder reactor (FBR) program is a crucial part of the nation's strategy to expand...
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power plant using a thorium fuel cycle in a breeder reactor. Increased research into Generation IV reactor designs renewed interest in the 21st century...
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natural nuclear fission reactor is a uranium deposit where self-sustaining nuclear chain reactions occur. The idea of a nuclear reactor existing in situ within...
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Aqueous homogeneous reactors (AHR) is a two (2) chamber reactor consisting of an interior reactor chamber and an outside cooling and moderating jacket...
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Cooling is provided by molten lead in a separate loop. It is a fast breeder reactor, and can use both uranium and thorium to breed fissile material,...
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239 Pu is more likely to absorb a fast neutron than 235 U. Fast reactors can be breeder reactors. These reactors release enough neutrons to transmute...
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A pressurized heavy-water reactor (PHWR) is a nuclear reactor that uses heavy water (deuterium oxide D2O) as its coolant and neutron moderator. PHWRs...
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