Excess fissile materialAny substance which can be fissioned by neutrons, during whi... produced in a reactorSystem used to initiate, maintain and control a fission chai... compared to the fissile materialAny substance which can be fissioned by neutrons, during whi... quantity spent, relative to the used quantity. The breedingConversion of non-fissionable into fissionable material, e.g... gain is equal to the breeding ratioThe ratio of fissile material obtained to spent fissile mate... minus 1.