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Multi-word Results
| breeder reactor |
a nuclear reactor that is designed to produce more fissionable material than it consumes, and thus generate additional fuel for its own operation. |
| converter reactor |
a nuclear reactor that produces less, or a different kind of, fissionable material than it consumes. (Cf. breeder reactor.) |
| nuclear reactor |
any of several devices that initiate and control a nuclear fission chain reaction to produce energy and material used for experimental and medical purposes. |
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