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Breeder Reactors

Reactors that produce more fuel than they consume make it feasible to “burn the rocks,” that is, to utilize the vast supply of uranium and thorium contained not in rich ores but in rocks such as granite

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Scientific American Magazine Vol 202 Issue 1This article was originally published with the title “Breeder Reactors” in Scientific American Magazine Vol. 202 No. 1 (), p. 82
doi:10.1038/scientificamerican0160-82