Nuclear reactors that make fissionable materials like $P l u t o n i u m - 39$ are known as:

plutonium converters

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fissile reactors

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breeder reactors

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nuclear stations

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The correct option is C breeder reactors
The breeder reactor is a type of nuclear reactor which creates fissile material (typically plutonium-239 by irradiation of uranium-238) at a faster rate than it uses another fissile material (typically uranium-235) as fuel.

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