| 1. | Fast-breeder reactors use plutonium reprocessed from spent nuclear fuel at conventional plants.
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| 2. | The country plans to implement fast breeder reactors, using plutonium based fuel.
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| 3. | In particular, he pioneered the development of Soviet fast breeder reactor technology.
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| 4. | The plant extracts the plutonium for use in its breeder reactor program.
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| 5. | The experimental fast breeder reactor, housed in a sphere, operated until 1977.
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| 6. | Breeder reactors are capable of producing more plutonium than they use.
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| 7. | "The risks of this breeder reactor are not extraordinarily high, " he said.
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| 8. | Superph�nix was the last fast breeder reactor operating in Europe for electricity production.
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| 9. | Breeder reactors are specifically designed to create more fissionable material than they consume.
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| 10. | The government plans to bring commercially viable breeder reactors on line by 2030.
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