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fast-breeder reactor

fast-breed·er re·ac·tor (plural fast-breed·er re·ac·tors)


noun 
Definition:
 
nuclear reactor not slowing neutrons down: a nuclear reactor in which the chain reaction is maintained mainly by fast neutrons. It is capable of producing more fissionable material than it consumes.

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