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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A nuclear reactor that produces as well as consumes fissionable material, especially one that produces more fissionable material than it consumes.
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- noun a nuclear reactor that produces more fissile material than it burns
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