fast reactor
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8.4
- noun
- /fæst ˈriːæktər/
- Specialized
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reactor rápido
- If we go to fast reactors, even that will be down to trace levels.
You can feed used fuel from the other reactors into those fast reactors.
- You can feed used fuel from the other reactors into those fast reactors.
- That it's a fast reactor doesn't mean it runs across Wyoming, it means it uses fast neutrons.
Examples
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This fund should be used to develop fast reactors that consume nuclear waste and thorium reactors to prevent the creation of new long-lived nuclear waste.
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The good thing about fast reactors is that they destroy the nuclear waste with the longest half life.
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All experience with fast reactors to date shows a more expensive fuel cycle, inherently less safety, larger capital costs, and larger maintenance costs.
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That it's a fast reactor doesn't mean it runs across Wyoming, it means it uses fast neutrons.
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The solution is to go to "fast reactors," which can convert all the U, Pu, Am, and Cm into fission products.
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The use of molten metal (most concepts use sodium, lead, or lead-bismuth) as a coolant allows the reactor to operate as a fast reactor.
Academic text (2011) -
The good thing about fast reactors is that they destroy the nuclear waste with the longest half life.
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Closed fuel cycle schemes in combination with fast reactors are emerging as the key strategy for the sustainable development of nuclear energy.
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Back-end fuel cycles for fast reactors and thermal reactors mainly differ with respect to reprocessing operations.
Antonyms
- Specialized
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6.8
A nuclear power plant that makes electricity by splitting atoms with slow neutrons
Surface Forms
Morphology
The compound is compositionally built from 'fast' + 'reactor', so a learner will correctly parse it as 'a reactor that is fast' in a general sense. However the established technical sense (a reactor that operates with fast neutrons due to little or no moderator) is specialized and not inferable from the everyday meaning of 'fast', so the precise meaning would not be predictable to a B1 learner without domain knowledge.
Etymology
Fast reactor gets its name from the very quick particles inside: the reactor uses tiny, fast neutrons to keep the reaction going. So, fast reactor means a reactor that works with 'fast' neutrons rather than slower ones.