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Refined uranium or other nuclear fuels can be used to make nuclear weapons. Refinement is very expensive (though some reactors, such as the CANDU reactor, do not require uranium to be refined). If not properly managed and maintained, nuclear power plants can explode with devastating consequences. It produces radioactive waste, which can remain dangerous for decades, or even hundreds of years (though a solution to this problem is being worked on).

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