noun
converter reactor
Technical term in nuclear engineering for a reactor that converts fertile material into fissile material while generating power.
転換炉は、ウラン238をプルトニウム239に変換しながら発電する原子炉です。
A converter reactor is a nuclear reactor that generates electricity while converting uranium-238 into plutonium-239.
Compound of 転換 (conversion) and 炉 (furnace/reactor), directly corresponding to the English term 'converter reactor'.