Pardon my ignorance, but how does this problem come into play in nuclear reactors?

Breeder technology has been used in several experimental nuclear reactors.

For instance, he said, the material might be bought on the open market or made in other reactors.

It is this energy that makes plutonium-239 useful in nuclear weapons and reactors.

Both are produced in nuclear reactors, though by different means.

In most reactors it also contains all of the radioactive contaminated systems.

These are good things for high-reliability construction in nuclear reactors.

Some private organizations, though, say use in civilian reactors creates new problems.

But industry officials say that if China's economy keeps expanding rapidly, the country will need $60 billion in new reactors over the next 15 years.

The fuel made at the plant where the accident occurred is used in nuclear reactors nearby.