• Flying Squid@lemmy.worldM
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    11 hours ago

    I know there have been plenty of breeder reactors. What I can’t find is a breeder reactor in a scale large enough to generate power for a city. In fact, from what I read, that’s been tried more than once without success. Can you point me to a breeder reactor that was actually a useful test case for powering a city?

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      2 hours ago

      The Wikipedia page for breeder reactors has a whole list you can even sort by output capacity. For example, the BN-800.

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        2 hours ago

        What I’m reading on Wikipedia is that none of them have been used for large scale power generation yet. Which was what I was saying. Wikipedia showing what their output capacity is does not show how long that output capacity can be maintained or how much it might fluctuate.

        Otherwise, what do you think the reason is that no country has yet to use one to power any cities?