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fast reactor

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noun

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

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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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 Nov. 16, 2021

Dounreay, near Thurso, was the UK site for the development of fast reactor research from 1955 to 1994.

From BBC Aug. 20, 2020

A UK fast reactor at Dounreay was a costly failure which we are still working out how to decommission.

From The Guardian Feb. 8, 2012

But a new MOX reprocessing plant is not the only option: on 30 November, GE Hitachi Nuclear Energy, based in Wilmington, North Carolina, proposed building a fast reactor fuelled by plutonium.

From Nature Dec. 7, 2011

"We're not building a fast reactor just to build it," Reynolds said.

From Scientific American Jun. 23, 2011

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