Nuclear reactors are a great achievement in the human race. Reactors where originally used for research into the world of nuclear energy. The first reactor was built and sustained by the Italian scientist Enrico Fermi, at the University of Chicago in 1942. It is also interesting to know that even though the scientist didn't realize the potential danger of a mass explosion of energy and the destructive capability to the human body, they where not harmed …showed first 75 words of 719 total…

…showed last 75 words of 719 total…ain reaction going. On the average about 0.5 neutrons is uselessly lost by absorption in the reactor structure or coolant. The remaining 1.3 neutrons can be absorbed in uranium-238 to produce more plutonium. This reaction can occur many times over so to create energy and fuel. Really the only difference between regular reactors and breeders is as I said above they create fuel and energy at the same time, instead of only using fuel to create energy.