breeder reactor

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However, it has the potential to produce prodigious amounts of energy in what is called a breeder reactor without requiring any further uranium mining.

From Washington Post

Solving this will require a breeder reactor: one that can extract the energy of the major component of uranium, its isotope U-238.

From Washington Post

There is nuclear fission which produces no CO2 and with modern breeder reactor technology will produce little radioactive waste.

From New York Times

The problem with the breeder reactor waste is just one of many environmental issues at the lab, located on a high desert plateau near Idaho Falls.

From Los Angeles Times

It was once seen within the global nuclear research community as a bold experiment, as similar breeder reactor programs elsewhere were halted.

From Science Magazine