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breeding (physics)

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breeding

In nuclear physics, a process in a reactor in which more fissionable material is produced than is consumed in running the reactor.

For example, plutonium-239 can be made from the relatively plentiful (but nonfissile) uranium-238, or uranium-233 can be produced from thorium. The Pu-239 or U-233 can then be used to fuel other reactors.
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