fast reactor

['fɑ:strɪ'æktə]

fast reactor Nuclear reactor which produces more fissile material than it consumes, using fast-moving neutrons and making plutonium-239 from uranium-238, thereby increasing the reactor's efficiency ['fɑ:strɪ'æktə]

environ.

surgénérateur m


fast reactor
el.	réacteur à neutrons rapides
environ.	surgénérateur


subassembly
comp.	sous-ensemble
comp., MS Canada	sous-assemblage
energ.ind. el.	barre de combustible; crayon de combustible
IT	sous-assemblage