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Suggest any two reasons which make the large scale usage of nuclear energy prohibitive.

1.     Nuclear power stations are prohibitively dangerous
2.     Nuclear power stations are prohibitively expensive
3.     Nuclear power stations use the same technology as that required to manufacture nuclear weapons
4.     The resulting nuclear waste will be dangerous for thousands of years
5.     Plant and waste deposit storage are vulnerable to terrorist attack
6.     Nuclear power stations epitomize the centralization of power
7.     Poor countries are made dependent on rich ones
8.     These plants draw funds away from the development of sustainable energy
9.     The uranium fuel will become increasingly scarce.
10.     The support of nuclear power by government results from special pleading lobbying by the industry.