A breeder reactor is designed to
A) Burn on multiple types of fuels, such as plutonium, uranium and thorium
B) Create fissionable plutonium from spent fission reactor fuel
C) Operate on a very small scale
D) Be safer than any other type of reactor
E) Be cooled with cadmium cooling rods

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A breeder reactor is designed to create fissionable plutonium (or uranium-233) from non-fissionable isotopes like uranium-238 or thorium-232, effectively "breeding" more fuel than it consumes.

A Breeder Reactor Is Designed to