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Term

fast reactor

Term

Nuclear reactor which produces more fissile material than it consumes, using fast-moving neutrons and making plutonium-239 from uranium-238, thereby increasing the reactor's efficiency. (Source: PHC)

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http://www.eionet.europa.eu/gemet/aliss_scripts/concept/12006

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