The county council wants more investment in Sellafield, not only in the storage sites but in nuclear reactors and so on.

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But China, with 15 nuclear reactors, 26 in the works and 100 more planned, will increasingly compete for these finite supplies.

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That reactor type is not ideal for producing weapons-grade plutonium, but all reactors produce plutonium that could be used in a nuclear explosion.

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The new government of Yoshihiko Noda wants to reduce Japan's reliance on nuclear power in the medium term, but hopes to restart idle reactors in the meantime.

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The problem with their business plans weren't their designs, but the high costs and astronomical risks of designing nuclear reactors for certification in Washington.

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But one doesn't just take an aircraft carrier with eight nuclear reactors in its hold and park it somewhere.

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Plaid Cymru agree with Labour in the Assembly that increasing energy needs shouldn't be met by nuclear reactors, but the Welsh Conservatives remain open-minded on the issue.

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With 104 operating reactors, the United States already produces more nuclear power than any country in the world, but only about 20% of the country's electricity is generated from nuclear plants.

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