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==Fast reactors vs. thermal reactors== ...fission produces a higher average number of neutrons per fission, so fast reactors have better neutron economy making a plutonium [[breeder reactor]] possible ...

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Most [[nuclear power plant]] reactors are thermal reactors and use a [[neutron moderator]] to slow [[neutron]]s until they approach th '''Thermal reactors consist of the following''': ...

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...lass2|Alfa|submarine|4}} were subsequently fitted with liquid metal cooled reactors. Its usage in the ''K-27'' led to a nuclear incident with 9 fatalities.<ref * [[United States Naval reactors]] ...

...hose plutonium-240 content is too high for use in current critical thermal reactors) without the need for highly enriched material as used in a [[fast breeder ...

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...l.com/http:/newenergyandfuel/com/2009/11/05/here-come-the-japanese-nuclear-reactors/</ref> Two 4S reactor systems have been designed, one with an electrical ou ...-nuclear.org/information-library/current-and-future-generation/molten-salt-reactors</ref> ...

...assed as a [[Generation IV reactor]], it features a [[fast neutron reactor|fast-neutron spectrum]] and closed [[Nuclear fuel cycle|fuel cycle]] for efficient conve The reactors are intended for use in [[nuclear power plant]]s to produce electricity, wh ...

...61/alwong/ne161.html |date=April 8, 2008 }}</ref> Commercial [[light water reactors]] (LWRs) generally use the [[Rankine cycle]], which is what coal-fired powe ...ansmutation|transmutation]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ga.com/advanced-reactors |title=Energy Multiplier Module (EM²) |publisher=Ga.com |access-date=2013-0 ...

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...ficient. It is unclear how the definition of "void" coefficient applies to reactors in which the moderator/coolant is neither liquid nor gas ([[supercritical w [[Nuclear fission]] reactors run on nuclear [[chain reaction]]s, in which each [[atomic nucleus|nucleus] ...

...rrent-and-future-generation/fast-neutron-reactors.aspx |title=Fast Neutron Reactors - article from World-Nuclear}}</ref>]] ...m-235|²³⁵U]]. In comparison, normal enrichment in other Russian reactors is between 3&ndash;4% ²³⁵U. The control and [[SCRAM|scram system ...

...aw material used to breed fissile Pu-239 that is used in the core like any fast-neutron breeder reactor concept. However the neutronic (and burnup) simulation CAES ...elayed neutron]]s. Filippone claims that unlike light water-cooled fission reactors, where fission occurring in [[Nuclear enrichment|enriched]] {{SimpleNuclide ...

...in beam tubes at multi-purpose research reactors. In the 1960s, high-flux reactors were built that were optimized for beam-tube experiments. The development c ...

== Early reactors == Two earlier reactors were constructed at Beloyarsk: an [[AMB-100 reactor]] (operational 1964–198 ...

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...p>Be]]. This also makes this isotope useful as a neutron source in nuclear reactors.<ref name="9Ber">{{cite journal |last1=Odsuren |first1=M. |last2=Katō |firs ...