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0 pointsacidburnNSA3y ago0 comments

It's not theoretical. EBR-1 actually made more fissile material than it consumed, as confirmed by chemical measurements in 1953 [1].

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Schroedingersat3y ago· 2 in thread

And did it run on said fuel? Or did any of them? It has never happened.

I mean yes, it was continuously breeding and the result of that breeding was in the reactor and partially was used to sustain the reaction.

What has not happened is that that fuel was removed from that reactor and then inserted into another reactor.

> I mean yes, it was continuously breeding and the result of that breeding was in the reactor and partially was used to sustain the reaction.

This is a lie just like the rest. EBR 1 had a separate core and blanket. It didn't run on the bred fuel any more than a PWR does.

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