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It's an operation cycle of very specific reactors, if I remember right its a variation of breeder reactors.
by fredgrott 4y ago
It's an operation cycle of very specific reactors, if I remember right its a variation of breeder reactors.
- pdonis 4y agoBreeders don't reverse the nuclear reactions that take place when a reactor is producing power. They use the neutron flux from those reactions to induce different reactions (involving much less energy per nucleus) in surrounding material that produce fissile isotopes in that material.
- NegativeK 4y agoBreeder reactors work by having less useful elements capture neutrons and turn into more useful elements. Capturing all of the fission byproducts and reversing the process is going to be so technically difficult and energy costly that, in this context, it might as well be impossible.