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Which reactor consists of both fertile and fissile material?(a) Fast breeder reactor(b) Pressurize water reactor(c) Boiling Water reactor(d) Converter reactorThe question was posed to me in an internship interview.This key question is from Types of Nuclear Reactor & Nuclear Waste in section Nuclear Power Plant of Energy Engineering

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Correct answer is (a) Fast BREEDER reactor

Easy explanation: If the reactor produces more fissionable material than it consumes, it is fast breeder reactor. The breeder fuel consists of both FERTILE and fissile material. The number of NEUTRONS RELEASED is sufficient to PROPAGATE the fission reaction and to produce more fissionable material by conversion of fertile isotopes to fissile isotopes.



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