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Advantage: #1 Almost 0 emissions (very low greenhouse gas emissions).

#2 They can be sited almost anywhere unlike oil which is mostly imported

Disadvantage #1 Nuclear plants are more expensive to build and maintain.

#2 Proliferation concerns - breeder reactors yield products that could potentially be stolen and turned into an atomic weapon

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