Fast breeder reactor/Definition

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A definition or brief description of Fast breeder reactor.

Nuclear power reactor in which design tradeoffs have been made not to produce the ideal heat for power generation, but to produce reasonable heat but also a substantial amount of high-energy neutrons that will make ("breed") potential nuclear fuel of an appropriate plutonium isotope.

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