Fast Breeder Reactors Essay -- Nuclear Power Energy

Fast stock breeder ReactorsAbstractIn this report I will investigate how different breeder reactors operate, the many an(prenominal) problems addressed by the Fast Breeder Reactor, including efficiency and cost, the disadvantages of Fast Breeder Reactors, and working examples that have been constructed throughout the world.IntroductionThere is another type of neo nuclear energy, an interesting idea that will grow on you, so to speak. If one were to think of an alternative nuclear energy source, a pebble bed nuclear fission reactor or namely fusion reactors come to mind. The Liquid Metal Fast Breeder reactor (FBR) is the alternate alternative reactor. FBRs first went critical (became operational) in 1951 with the American experimental EBR-1 in Idaho. FBRs, in principle, produce more fissile corporeal than they produce. Although they still need a blend of stable fertile material with fissile enkindle, the fact that they convert this mix to a unified fissile material while generati ng electricity at the same time is the primary yard these reactors are appealing. The technology used for FBRs has been consistently researched in the US, USSR, France, UK, Germany, Japan, China, and India at different points in time beginning in 1949 with initial design work performed on the EBR-I in the US (Encarta-2005). Asian countries currently lead the world in the effort being invested in this type of reactor. We could see a significant compute of FBRs being built within the next 25 to 50 years, as the demand for fossil fuels increases with pollution and the constant and inefficient consumption of fossil fuel supplies by all nations. Are FBRs a viable energy source for California or the US? I will discuss the atomic mathematical process that FBRs use to operate, the problems the... ...Foundation. Retrieved July 28, 2006, from http//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MonjuNuclear Power Reactors. (2005). Nuclear Energy. In Encarta Reference Library 2005 CD-ROM.Microsoft Corporation.Nucl ear reactor. (2006). In Wikipedia Web. Wikimedia Foundation. Retrieved July 28, 2006, from http//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuclear_reactorFast Breeder Reactors Do They Have the Juice? Breeder Reactors 11Nuclear Waste and Breeder Reactors - Myth and Promise. Retrieved July 28, 2006, from agree.net Web site http//www.agree.net/DefenseWatch/Nuclear%20Waste%20and%20Breeder%reactors.htmShi, R. R. Liquid Metal Fast Breeder Reactor. Retrieved July 20, 2006, Web site http//www.nuc.berkeley.edu/thyd/ne161/shir/project5.htmlSuperphenix. (2006). Superphenix. In Wikipedia Web. Wikimedia Foundation. Retrieved July 28, 2006, from http//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Superph%C3%A9nix