fast reactor

noun

1. a nuclear reactor using little or no moderator, fission being caused by fast neutrons

Example Sentences

Proponents of the project featuring a sodium-cooled fast reactor and molten salt energy storage say it would perform better, be safer and cost less than traditional nuclear power.

From Seattle Times

The department had a fast reactor, the Experimental Breeder Reactor II, operating in eastern Idaho until it was shut down in 1994 as the nation turned away from nuclear power.

From Seattle Times

The spent fuel would be reprocessed and used in the company’s fast reactor, called Aurora.

From Washington Times

The site of Britain's former centre of nuclear fast reactor research and development, Dounreay is in the process of being decommissioned and the land cleaned up.

From BBC

In principle, such a “fast reactor” could also convert nonfissile uranium-238 to plutonium-239, which could be extracted by reprocessing the fuel.

From Science Magazine