These would replace other types of thermal plants with one that ... which in the fast-breeder reactor (FBR) configuration can use uranium fuel significantly more efficiently by using fast neutrons ...

This article was originally published with the title “ A Third Generation of Breeder Reactors ” in Scientific American Magazine Vol. 216 No. 5 (May 1967), p. 25 doi:10.1038 ...

India’s indigenous nuclear reactor prototype and abundant thorium reserves hold the key to the country’s future energy security.

These would replace other types of thermal plants with one that ... which in the fast-breeder reactor (FBR) configuration can use uranium fuel significantly more efficiently by using fast neutrons ...

The company launched in 2006 and is building on technology used in an experimental breeder reactor ... fuel for the reactor.

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The design selected was a tank type sodium-cooled fast reactor ... MHI has experienced setbacks in developing a fast reactor. The “Monju” prototype fast-breeder reactor, the preliminary ...

India is close to completing its most advanced nuclear plant, marking a major step forward in the country’s nuclear energy programme. The Prototype Fast Breeder Reactor (PFBR) at Kalpakkam in ...

“Fast reactors have been under development for decades primarily as fuel breeders and, in recent years, also as long-life battery-type small modular reactors and even microreactors,” said Vladimir ...

Japan can provide meaningful support to develop a new type of reactor and maintain ... on sticky issues concerning nuclear power. Fast-breeder reactors, which can theoretically produce more ...