Greetings Geographers!
Here is the scenario. The fictional nuclear power plant in Winnipeg, Canada just caught fire and leaked radiation all over our region. That is bad news for us. What do we do with the radioactive waste?
Would this accident prevent you from going outside, enjoying milk, walking downtown, and playing in the rain?
Something similar happened on April 26th, 1986. Chernobyl, Ukraine was run by the Soviet Union and operated a nuclear power plant. The reactor caught fire and started leaking massive amounts of radiation. Watch the video below.
Assignment: Due Today
Click on each article and answer the questions in a Word Document. By the end of the period, print this document with your name, date, and hour on it.
Article 1
How much of New York City would be leveled by the nuclear bomb at Hiroshima?
What should be done with the nuclear waste from power plants and defense projects?
Article 2
Do you think nuclear waste should be stored in Yucca Mountain in Nevada? Why or why not?
How would you design the sign to alert people 10,000 years from now to avoid this area?
Article 3
What is a curie?
Do you think the Russian government should help remove the nuclear generators they produced and lost?
Article 4
Do you think it is safe to transport nuclear waste across the United States? Why or why not? What other option do we have?
Would you want to know if nuclear waste was to be transported close to your hometown?
