breeder reactor

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   a nuclear reactor that produces more fissile material than it burns

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Questions about breeder reactor

What does breeder reactor mean?

breeder reactor means "a nuclear reactor that produces more fissile material than it burns".

Is breeder reactor a common word?

breeder reactor is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.