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PRONUNCIATION OF BREEDER REACTOR

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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF BREEDER REACTOR

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Breeder reactor is a noun.
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WHAT DOES BREEDER REACTOR MEAN IN ENGLISH?

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Breeder reactor

A breeder reactor is a nuclear reactor capable of generating more fissile material than it consumes. These devices are able to achieve this feat because their neutron economy is high enough to breed more fissile fuel than they use from fertile material like uranium-238 or thorium-232. Breeders were at first considered attractive because of their superior fuel economy compared to light water reactors. Interest in breeders declined after the 1960s as more uranium reserves were found, and new methods of uranium enrichment reduced fuel costs.

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE BREEDER REACTOR

breechblock
breechcloth
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breeches
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breeching
breechless
breed
Breed´s Hill
breeder
breeding
breeding ground
breeding pair
breeding season
breeding stock
breeks
breenge
breest
breeze
breeze block

WORDS THAT END LIKE BREEDER REACTOR

actor
benefactor
child actor
chiropractor
compactor
contactor
contractor
director
extractor
factor
growth factor
heavy-water reactor
nerve growth factor
power factor
reactor
redactor
risk factor
subcontractor
tractor
wow factor
X factor

Synonyms and antonyms of breeder reactor in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «breeder reactor» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF BREEDER REACTOR

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The translations of breeder reactor from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «breeder reactor» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

增殖反应堆
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

reactor reproductor
570 millions of speakers

English

breeder reactor
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

ब्रीडर रिएक्टर
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

مفاعل التوليد
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

заводчик реактор
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

criador reator
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

ব্রীডার চুল্লী
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

surgénérateur
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Reaktor penternak
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Brutreaktor
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

増殖炉
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

증식로
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Reaktor breeder
85 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Vietnamese

lò phản ứng
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

இனப்பெருக்கம் உலை
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

ब्रीडर अणुभट्टी
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Damızlık reaktör
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

reattore autofertilizzante
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

reaktor hodowca
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

заводчик реактор
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

reactor crescător
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

αντιδραστήρα κτηνοτρόφο
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

teler reaktor
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

bridreaktor
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

oppdretter reaktor
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of breeder reactor

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «BREEDER REACTOR»

The term «breeder reactor» is normally little used and occupies the 108.471 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «BREEDER REACTOR» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about breeder reactor

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «BREEDER REACTOR»

Discover the use of breeder reactor in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to breeder reactor and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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EBR-II, Experimental Breeder Reactor-II
B&w photos and illustrations are included. The book is of interest to designers of future fast reactors. There is no subject index.
Leonard J. Koch, 2008
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Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists
light water reactor. I share this hopeful view. The two types of breeder reactor which have the best chance of meeting this cost requirement and being proved technically sound are the liquid-metal cooled fast breeder reactor (LMFBR) and the ...
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Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists
of. international. cooperation. in. a. new. energy. age. as. a. salvage. effort. for. national. programs. with. too. much. political. investment. to. be. allowed. to. die. May 1986 A breeder reactor produces more fissile material than it consumes.
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BUlletin of the Atomic Scientists
"The Liquid Metal Fast Breeder Reactor: An Environmental and Economic Critique," by Thomas B. Cochran. Resources for the Future, Washington, D.C., 1974. 285 pages. $6.95, paperback, Reviewed by DEAN E. ABRAHAMSON To the ...
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Nuclear Energy: Principles, Practices, and Prospects
However, interest in breeder reactors remains in a number of countries, with ongoing and new activity, and it would be premature to write breeder reactors off as an option for the future.18 The United States breeder reactor program has ...
David Bodansky, 2007
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Technical options for the advanced liquid metal reactor
In the last decade, this development program worked with an experimental LMR breeder reactor EBR- 11 at Argonne West to conduct safety tests, including simulated accidents involving loss of coolant flow; to test experimental ALMR/IFR  ...
United States. Congress. Office of Technology Assessment
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The End of Energy: The Unmaking of America's Environment, ...
The drama surrounding the rise of the breeder reactor in the United States included a decision by the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals holding that the AEC was bound to adhere to NEPA's requirements. The AEC predictably produced a five- ...
Michael J. Graetz, 2011
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World Energy Resources
reactors; and (2) a breeder reactor would make it possible to obtain some 50 times more energy from a given amount of natural uranium material than can be obtained from a present-day light-water reactor. Hence, the minimum uranium ...
Charles Brown, 2002
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Why We Need Nuclear Power: The Environmental Case
There are some issues to consider with a fast neutron breeder reactor. Water can' t be used for heat transfer from the reactor to the turbine because it slows down neutrons. The most common alternative is liquid sodium, which does not interact  ...
Michael H. Fox, 2014
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New Scientist
Although Jimmy Carter has all but killed the controversial Clinch River Breeder Reactor, America's breeder-reactor programme has by no means ground to a halt . At the Hanford Reservation in a desolate corner of the Pacific north-west, ...

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «BREEDER REACTOR»

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USA's Experimental Breeder Reactor-II now permanently entombed
The main clean-up contractor at the US Department of Energy's (DOE's) Idaho Site, has entombed an historic nuclear reactor in place and ... «World Nuclear News, Jul 15»
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Naga lad makes it to IAEA as intern
His Master's thesis on Uncertainty and Reliability Analysis of Indian Prototype Fast Breeder Reactor is also being published in a scientific ... «Nagaland Post, Jul 15»
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Drive-Thru Americana: The Northwest
Photo: Encyclopedia of Forlorn Places Eighteen miles outside of Arco, Idaho, you'll find Experimental Breeder Reactor No. 1, the world's first ... «Paste Magazine, Jun 15»
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Tiny Island takes India to court in Nuclear NPT row
India has one operating plutonium reactor currently and building another, also building fast-breeder reactor that, once operational, will ... «Mizo News, Jun 15»
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N-disarmament: Tiny island of 70000 people takes India to court
India is also building a fast-breeder reactor that, once operational, will significantly increase its capacity to produce weapons-grade plutonium. «Times of India, Jun 15»
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'If I burn out, I burn out': meet Taylor Wilson, nuclear boy genius
... Boy Scout, a book about a teenager in Michigan called David Hahn, who tried to build a nuclear breeder reactor in a back-yard shed in 1994. «The Guardian, Jun 15»
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India's research reactors not under nuclear insurance pool
According to Basu, the upcoming 500 MW prototype fast breeder reactor (PFBR) expected to go on stream this year would come under the ... «Daijiworld.com, Jun 15»
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India's fast breeder reactor project to start by September: Officials
With authorities working to complete all tests and ensure regulatory compliances, India's first indigenously designed 500-MW fast breeder ... «Moneylife, Jun 15»
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(THURSDAY) Public liability insurance for n-power unit's 21 plants
Meanwhile the upcoming 500 MW prototype fast breeder reactor (PFBR) expected to go on stream this year would come under the insurance ... «Big News Network.com, Jun 15»
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Sept window for Kalpakkam's Prototype Fast Breeder Reactor to …
CHENNAI:The 500 Mega Watt Prototype Fast Breeder Reactor (PFBR) in Kalpakkam, an important milestone in India's three-stage nuclear ... «The New Indian Express, Jun 15»

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