The reactor has worked until 2012 as a breeder reactor, since then as a burner reactor using weapon-grade plutonium.
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A reactor whose main purpose is to destroy actinides, rather than increasing fissile fuel stocks, is sometimes known as a "'burner reactor " '.
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In March 2010, Areva indicated work was being done on a new type of burner reactor type capable of breaking down actinides created as a product of nuclear fission.