Given the limited reserves of uranium ore, and the rate that nuclear power was expected to take over baseload generation, through the 1960s and 1970s fast breeder reactors were considered to be the solution to the world's energy needs.
考虑到天然铀矿的储量有限，再加上核能被期望占基本负载电力的比率，20世纪60年代和70年代的时候，快中子增殖反应堆被认作是解决世界能源需求的方法。