増ぞう殖しょく炉ろ

noun

breeder reactor

Technical term in nuclear engineering for a reactor that produces more fissile material than it consumes.

• 増ぞう殖しょく炉ろは、消しょう費ひする以い上じょうの核かく燃ねん料りょうを生せい成せいできる原げん子し炉ろです。

  A breeder reactor is a nuclear reactor that can produce more nuclear fuel than it consumes.