| NOUN | artifact | breeder reactor | a nuclear reactor that produces more fissile material than it burns |
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| Meaning | A nuclear reactor that produces more fissile material than it burns. | |
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| Parts | blanket | A layer of lead surrounding the highly reactive core of a nuclear reactor |
| Broader | nuclear reactor, reactor | (physics) any of several kinds of apparatus that maintain and control a nuclear reaction for the production of energy or artificial elements |
| Catalan | reactor ràpid | |
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