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What are their advantages and disadvantages of Nuclear and Breeder Reactors?
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∙ 14y ago
You can't compare and contrast nuclear reactors and breeder reactors, any more than you can compare a lion with a mammal.
A lion is one example of many mammals; a breeder reactor is just one example of many types of nuclear reactor.
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∙ 14y ago
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∙ 13y agoBreeder reactors create the fuel that they use. Where many reactors use plutonium as fuel, in a breeder reactor you can put in U238 into the reactor (when it is about 1/2 empty, not completely empty) and while the reactor is burning the rest of its fuel, it will convert that U238 into Plutonium for it to use. That way, you only need to use Uranium mined straight from the Earth and do not need to process it first.
There are several types of breeder reactors that can use U238 (the reactor itself converts it into Pu239 before using) or Th232 (they turn it into U233 before using) or other fuels.
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Does a breeder nuclear reactor use moderator?
Thermal Breeder Reactors use moderators but Fast Breeder Reactors don't use moderator.
What are the three main advantages of a fusion reactor compared to a fission reactor?
Nuclear fusion reactors do not exist yet as we don't know how to build them. All nuclear reactors are nuclear fission reactors.
How are nuclear reactors used in nuclear reactors?
Well, as nuclear reactors are nuclear reactors, nuclear reactors are not used inside nuclear reactors.
What are the advantages of using nuclear as a source of energy?
There are large amounts of fissionable isotopes on the planet, especially if one uses breeder reactors. No greenhouse gasses are produced by nuclear fission. If the process of designing, building, testing, and approving nuclear fission reactors can be streamlined, then costs can be favorable. The disadvantages include safety issues and unwanted radioactive end product. The radioactive end product is the source of low level heat. Possibly uses can be found for this heat. For example, it might be used to evaporate water off the east coast of equatorial Africa to increase rainfall.
How many nuclear reactors does France have?
There are 59 nuclear reactors in France.
What are advantages and disadvantages of nuclear and breeder reactors?
You can't compare and contrast nuclear reactors and breeder reactors, any more than you can compare a lion with a mammal. A lion is one example of many mammals; a breeder reactor is just one example of many types of nuclear reactor.
Are there more fast breeder or thermal nuclear reactors?
Most nuclear reactors are thermal-neutron reactors. A few fast breeder reactors have been built, but not many.
Does a breeder nuclear reactor use moderator?
Thermal Breeder Reactors use moderators but Fast Breeder Reactors don't use moderator.
How are breeder reactors and nuclear reactor different?
The breeder reactor produce more fissile fuel than what is consumed while this is not the case for other nuclear reactors.
What is the same between nuclear and breeder reactors?
They all use nuclear fission
Is plutonium produced only in breeder reactors?
No, plutonium is obtained in all the types of nuclear reactors.
How are breeder reactors different from regular nuclear reactors?
A breeder reactor generates (in a way) new fuel, sometimes more fuel than it uses, by converting non-fissionable isotopes into fissionable isotopes, through neutron capture.
Is thorium used in nuclear reactors?
Not as fuel, but it can be used in breeder reactors as breeding material to make fissile Uranium-233.
Does nuclear reactors and breeder reactors have any similarities?
They're mostly the same, except that nuclear reactors aimed at breeding more fissile material use expensive primary coolant instead of cheap water.
What are the advantages and disadvantages in having a natural nuclear reactor?
natural nuclear reactors are not possible now as the concentration of fissionable Uranium-235 in unenriched natural Uranium ore is too low.
What are the three main advantages of a fusion reactor compared to a fission reactor?
Nuclear fusion reactors do not exist yet as we don't know how to build them. All nuclear reactors are nuclear fission reactors.
Difference between breeder reactors and nuclear reactors?
The nuclear reactor is different from the breeder reactor because it generates energy through fission. Historically, in order to be called a breeder, a reactor must be specifically designed to create more fissile material than it consumes. this is what I've looked up and been able to find
