Fast Neutron Reactor

What is a fast neutron reactor?
  • It is a type in which the nuclear fission chain reaction is sustained by fast neutrons. It also known as a fast reactor.
  • Such a reactor needs no neutron moderator like normal water, which serves such a purpose in thermal reactors.
 
What are advantages of fast neutron reactor?
  • With these types of reactors it is possible to solve the major ecological problem of reprocessing and deactivation of accumulated radioactive waste
  • It will lead to the solution of the five key problems
      • safety,
      • shortage of fuel,
      • competitiveness,
      • reprocessing and refabricating used nuclear fuel
      • radioactive waste

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