breeder reactor

a nuclear reactor generating nuclear energy and creating additional fuel by producing more fissile material than it consumes

See breeder reactor in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun

A nuclear reactor that produces as well as consumes fissionable material, especially one that produces more fissionable material than it consumes.

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