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Interpretation: A breeder reactor needs to be defined. The difficulties poses due to which it is not used in USA for generating electricity needs to be explained.
Concept introduction: One potential problem facing the nuclear power industry is the limited abundance of
Answer to Problem 60A
Due to some safety and handling problem breeder reactor is not used USA.
Explanation of Solution
Breeder reactor: It is a reactor where non-fissionable natural uranium
The schematic representation of the reaction is,
As the reactor runs and
The main reason breeder reactor is not used USA is because of safety problem. Handling plutonium is hazardous because it is toxic and flammable when in contact with air. Apart from that breeder reactor is costly to build.
Due to some safety and handling problem breeder reactor is not used USA.
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