Types of Breeder Reactors
Two types of breeder reactors are possible:
- Fast breeder reactor or FBR which uses fast (unmoderated) neutrons to breed fissile plutonium from fertile uranium-238 (it can also breed fissile uranium-233 from thorium)
- Thermal breeder reactor which uses thermal spectrum (moderated) neutrons to breed fissile uranium-233 from thorium (thorium fuel cycle)
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