Sentences with phrase «new fissile»

The breeding ratio is a measure of how much new fissile fuel a reactor is capable of producing as it runs.

Not exact matches

Krauss and his Bulletin colleagues credit Obama's election as a major part of new arms reduction talks with Russia, the now - stalled negotiations with Iran to close its nuclear enrichment program, and the potential of a U.S. - led effort to secure all loose fissile material in four years.

It refers both to the assembling of critical masses of fissile material for the new weapons, and to the bringing together of the right concentrations of brainpower and other resources to achieve the goals of the enterprise.

Frank von Hippel, author of a new report on highly enriched uranium, speaks at the 15 March meeting of the International Panel on Fissile Materials.