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Uses water as a coolant and moderator, operates at high pressure to prevent boiling, most common type used in the world, primarily for electricity generation.

A type of LMFBR, designed for efficient fuel use and minimal waste, integrates fuel reprocessing on-site, uses a sodium coolant.

Uses heavy water (D2O) as coolant and moderator, can be refueled while operating, utilizes natural uranium as fuel.

Compact, can be built in pieces and assembled onsite, designed for safety and lower cost, ideal for locations with less energy demand or for supplementing renewable sources.

Utilizes fast neutrons, breeds more fissile material than it consumes, typically uses a plutonium-uranium mix as fuel.

Utilizes liquid metal, such as sodium, for cooling, fast neutron spectrum, excellent breeding ratio.

Boils water to create steam directly in the reactor vessel, simpler design than PWR, uses two separate circuits for coolant and turbine.

Uses spherical fuel elements called 'pebbles,' high-level gas cooling, passive safety features, and graphite moderation.

Uses liquid sodium as coolant, allows for high power density, designed for improved breeding and fuel efficiency.

An evolution of the GCR, uses carbon dioxide as coolant, graphite as the moderator, and operates at higher temperatures.

Employs thorium fuel cycle, adaptable to high-temperature operations, graphite-moderated.

Not a reactor, but a radioactive decay heat source, used for space probes and remote applications, converts heat directly to electricity without moving parts.

Designed to use depleted uranium, a slow-moving fission wave to breed and consume fuel, intended for long operation without refueling.

Uses a molten salt mixture as both fuel and coolant, high temperature operation, inherent safety features.

Employs lead or lead-bismuth eutectic as a coolant, fast neutron spectrum, offers advantages such as high boiling temperature and low operating pressure.

Utilizes a graphite moderator and a gas (such as helium) for cooling, can reach very high temperatures, suitable for industrial heat applications.

Uses light water for cooling and graphite as a moderator, known for the Chernobyl disaster, high power output.

Operates at supercritical pressures, combines features of PWR and BWR, offers higher thermal efficiency.

Relies on an external neutron source, cannot sustain chain reaction on its own, aimed at reducing nuclear waste through transmutation.