Sentences with phrase «breeder reactor technology»
Not exact matches
In addition to its unique fuel cycle, the TerraPower design employs a high - temperature, liquid metal core cooling technology suited to a breeder reactor with «fast» neutron activity, rather than today's predominant reactors whose water cooling systems slow neutrons.
https://www.scientificamerican.com/
The reactor was to have been a successor to Monju, Japan's pilot fast - breeder, which will start operating in April to test the technology.
Japan has pursued fast - breeder technology, through which a reactor can produce more plutonium than it burns in hopes of cutting or eliminating imports of nuclear fuel.
Fast breeder reactors haven't happened yet, like a lot of other developments, and its possible that fusion will be another technology like that.
Additionally, the technology for «breeder» reactors has been around for a couple of decades or more.
These include breeder and thorium reactor technology development to replace fossil fueled power, energy storage research, energy efficiency incentives, and careful review of region climate risks (like coastal flooding) followed by appropriate planing.