The United States government is planning to spend more than $10,000 million to develop a liquid metal fast breeder reactor. The programme is the highest priority energy research and development effort supported by public funds, but it has recently come under heavy criticism and it is beset by technical problems. In the second of a series of three articles, Colin Norman reports.
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Norman, C. Rough passage in USA for first breeder reactor. Nature 257, 434–436 (1975). https://doi.org/10.1038/257434a0
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/257434a0