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breeder nuclear fission reactor

Nuclear fission reactor that produces more nuclear fuel than it consumes by converting nonfissionable uranium-238 into fissionable plutonium-239.

Subject: 
Environmental Science [1]
Vocabulary: 
Chapter 15 - Geologic Resources: Nonrenewable Mineral and Energy Resources [2]
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