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PRONUNCIATION OF FAST REACTOR

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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF FAST REACTOR

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Fast reactor is a noun.
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WHAT DOES FAST REACTOR MEAN IN ENGLISH?

fast reactor

Fast-neutron reactor

A fast neutron reactor or simply a fast reactor is a category of nuclear reactor in which the fission chain reaction is sustained by fast neutrons. Such a reactor needs no neutron moderator, but must use fuel that is relatively rich in fissile material when compared to that required for a thermal reactor.

Definition of fast reactor in the English dictionary

The definition of fast reactor in the dictionary is a nuclear reactor using little or no moderator, fission being caused by fast neutrons.

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE FAST REACTOR

fast bowler
fast breeder
fast by
fast casual
fast dissolve
fast follower
fast food
fast forward
fast lane
fast motion
fast neutron
fast talk
fast track
fast worker
fast-acting
fast-action
fast-breeder reactor
fast-flowing
fast-food
fast-food chain

WORDS THAT END LIKE FAST 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 fast reactor in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «fast reactor» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF FAST REACTOR

Find out the translation of fast reactor to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of fast 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 «fast reactor» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

快堆
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

reactores rápidos
570 millions of speakers

English

fast reactor
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

तेजी से रिएक्टर
380 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Arabic

مفاعل سريع
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

быстрый реактор
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

reator rápido
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

দ্রুত চুল্লী
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

réacteur à neutrons rapides
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Reaktor cepat
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

schneller Reaktor
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

高速炉
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

고속로
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Reaktor cepet
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

lò phản ứng nhanh
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

வேகமாக உலை
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

जलद रिऍक्टर
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Hızlı reaktör
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

reattore veloce
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

szybki reaktor
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

швидкий реактор
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

reactor rapid
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

ταχέων αντιδραστήρων
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

vinnige reactor
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

snabb reaktor
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

hurtigreaktor
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of fast reactor

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «FAST REACTOR»

The term «fast reactor» is normally little used and occupies the 113.002 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «FAST REACTOR» OVER TIME

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

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «FAST REACTOR»

Discover the use of fast reactor in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to fast reactor and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Fast Reactor Safety
Fast Reactor Safety
John Graham, 2012
2
Fast Spectrum Reactors
This book is a complete update of the classic 1981 FAST BREEDER REACTORS textbook authored by Alan E. Waltar and Albert B. Reynolds, which , along with the Russian translation, served as a major reference book for fast reactors systems.
Alan E. Waltar, Donald R. Todd, Pavel V. Tsvetkov, 2011
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Improving Fuel Cycle Design and Safety Characteristics of a ...
Six reactor types have been selected for further research and evaluation in the Generation IV framework, the Gas Cooled Fast Reactor being one of the six concepts. Generation IV targets to improve all aspects of nuclear power generation: ...
Willem Frederik Geert van Rooijen, 2006
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New Scientist
Enrichment plant Inventory of 3414 Ekg the fast reactor and to maintain it in operation. The figures assume that the thermal reactor is a PWR of 1000 MW capacity and a fast reactor of the same capacity, which is typical of what we are likely to ...
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Heterogeneous Sodium Fast Reactor Designed for Transmuting ...
The fissile value of the plutonium produced by MA transmutation can only be realized in fast neutron spectra. This is due to the fact that the predominate isotope produced by MA transmutation, Pu-238, is itself not fissile.
Samuel Eugene Bays, 2008
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Fast Reactor Database 2006 Update
Liquid metal cooled fast reactors (LMFRs) have been under development for about 50 years.
‎2006
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Super Light Water Reactors and Super Fast Reactors: ...
L. Cao, H. Lu, Y. Ishiwatari, Y. Oka and S. Ikejiri, “Research and Development of a Super Fast Reactor (4) Transmutation Analyses of Minor Actinides and Transuranium Elements,” Proc. 16th PBNC, Aomori, Japan, October 13–18, 2008 , ...
Seiichi Koshizuka, Yuki Ishiwatari, Akifumi Yamaji, 2010
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Materials Issues for Generation IV Systems: Status, Open ...
Also, hundreds of specimens have been irradiated in the experimental fast reactor JOYO to investtigate irradiation effect on dimensional stability and mechanical properties. Pressurized resistance welding technology has been applied ...
Véronique Ghetta, 2008
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Irradiation Effects on Structural Alloys for Nuclear Reactor ...
The topics include (1) pressure vessel steels — fracture behavior, (2) pressure vessel steels — structural and impurity effects, (3) thermal reactor materials, (4) fast reactor materials — damage mechanisms, (5) fast reactor materials — swelling ...
A. L. Bement, 1971
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Handbook of nuclear chemistry: Instrumentation, separation ...
A typical neutron spectrum in a light water reactor can be compared to the spectra of neutrons Ia) as they originate from the fission reaction, Ib) as they are found in a fast reactor and Ic) in a fission weapon. As it is customary, in FIGURE 3 the ...
Attila Vértes, Sándor Nagy, Zoltan Klencsár, 2003

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «FAST REACTOR»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term fast reactor is used in the context of the following news items.
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Adelaide by night. Low or no-cost power is one of the incentives …
Senator Edwards told news.com.au if a sodium cooled fast reactor was built using Generation IV technology, “pyro processing” could see spent ... «NEWS.com.au, Jul 15»
2
Kazakhstan agrees to supply uranium to India
The country was home to the BN-350 fast reactor at Aktau, which was built under Russian supervision and operated for 27 years, closing in ... «World Nuclear News, Jul 15»
3
Here's What The Future Of Energy Might Look Like. And It's Pretty …
In particular I'd like to see the adoption of sodium fast reactor which draws power from nuclear waste (we've got tons of that with nothing better ... «Huffington Post, Jul 15»
4
Dounreay operator resumes work at scene of fire
The incident, in part of the Prototype Fast Reactor (PFR) facility, on 7 October led to an "unauthorised release" of radioactivity. Work dismantling ... «BBC News, Jul 15»
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USA's Experimental Breeder Reactor-II now permanently entombed
The EBR-II was the basis of the US Integral Fast Reactor (IFR) program, considered by the National Academy of Sciences to be the nation's ... «World Nuclear News, Jul 15»
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Green technology: Positive energy
The TWR is a “fast reactor” loaded with depleted nuclear waste at the beginning of its life which then breeds and burns its own fuel over a ... «Financial Times, Jun 15»
7
2015 US-China Strategic and Economic Dialogue
In September 2014, a Statement of Intent was signed for conducting a Joint Irradiation Project at the China Experimental Fast Reactor. The two ... «US Department of State, Jun 15»
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TO THE CONGRESS OF THE UNITED STATES:
... of fast reactors or the conduct of fast reactor experiments. The proposed Agreement would also obligate the United States to endeavor to take ... «Whitehouse.gov, Jun 15»
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Recycling nuclear waste: UM helps test advanced reactor design
A water-cooled fast reactor, though, could offer safer and more familiar operation. The challenge was designing a water-cooled core that would ... «U of M News Service, May 15»
10
Nuclear Energy: Fast Reactors Come and Go
Amid all the interest in small modular reactors using well known light water technologies, occasionally fast reactor start-ups appear on the ... «Energy Collective, May 15»

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