breeder reactors would provide a renewable supply of fuel for nuclear.
breeder reactors would provide a renewable supply of fuel for nuclear.
breeder reactors would provide a renewable supply of fuel for?
nuclear
nuclear fission involving breeder reactors, a reactor which "breeds" more fissile fuel than they consume and thereby has a breeding ratio for fissile fuel higher than 1 thus has a stronger case for being considered a renewable resource than conventional fission reactors. breeder reactors would constantly replenish the available supply of nuclear fuel by converting fertile materials, such as uranium-238 and thorium, into fissile isotopes of plutonium or uranium-233, respectively. fertile materials are also nonrenewable, but their supply on earth is extremely large, with a supply timeline greater than geothermal energy. in a closed nuclear fuel cycle utilizing breeder reactors, nuclear fuel could therefore be considered renewable.
nuclear power proposed as renewable energy
bullet::::- reactors with a fast neutron spectrum are called fast breeder reactors (fbr) – these typically utilize uranium-238 as fuel.









































bullet::::- reactors with a thermal neutron spectrum are called thermal breeder reactors – these typically utilize thorium-232 as fuel.









































section::::breeder reactor concepts.:fast breeder reactor.









































in 2006 all large-scale fast breeder reactor (fbr) power stations were liquid metal fast breeder reactors (lmfbr) cooled by liquid sodium. these have been of one of two designs:
breeder reactor