Energy from breeder reactors

MAY 01, 1972

Reactors that consume relatively abundant uranium ores while generating more of an expensive “catalyst” than they use will be our answer to growing energy demands over the next fifty years.

DOI: 10.1063/1.3070852

Floyd L. Culler

William O. Harms

Within the next 30 years we will call upon our resources and technology to supply more energy than has been consumed throughout all history. Population pressures, the necessity for increased living standards in the underdeveloped nations, the demands of material affluence in the technological societies, the need to improve management of our dwindling natural resources and to protect our environment will force energy demand to unprecedented levels.

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More about the Authors

Floyd L. Culler. Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Tennessee.

William O. Harms. Liquid Metal Fast Breeder Reactor Program, Oak Ridge.