Breeder Reactor - Types of Breeder Reactors

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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