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current	05:14, 7 January 2017		1,002 × 503 (225 KB)	127.0.0.1 (talk)	A <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/schematic" class="extiw" title="en:schematic">schematic</a> of the two types of <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/fast_breeder_reactor" class="extiw" title="en:fast breeder reactor">liquid metal fast breeder reactor</a></b> (LMFBR), a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/fast_neutron_reactor" class="extiw" title="en:fast neutron reactor">fast neutron reactor</a> designed to breed fuel by producing more <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/fissile" class="extiw" title="en:fissile">fissile</a> material than it consumes. FBRs are used in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/nuclear_power_plant" class="extiw" title="en:nuclear power plant">nuclear power plants</a> to produce <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/nuclear_power" class="extiw" title="en:nuclear power">nuclear power</a> from <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/nuclear_fuel" class="extiw" title="en:nuclear fuel">nuclear fuel</a>. LMFBRs are cooled by liquid <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/sodium" class="extiw" title="en:sodium">sodium</a>, but other metals have been used in the past.

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