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  • n  nuclear reactor in which nuclear fissions are caused by fast neutrons because little or no moderator is used
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  • Burning the U.K.’s Plutonium Stockpile Could Fast-Track New Reactors
    GE’s nuclear waste-burning PRISM reactors get a new chance at commercialization. Pressure to reduce the U.K.’s plutonium stockpile, along with generous premiums for new nuclear power generation, is breathing new life into a decades-old reactor design—GE Hitachi Nuclear Energy’s Power Reactor Innovative Small Module, or PRISM, technology. PRISM is a fast reactor, whose speedy neutrons can break ...
    Feb. 4, 2014 - Technology Review

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