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OCRWM Curriculum Unit 1

Science, Society, and America's Nuclear Waste

NUCLEAR WASTE

End Page, Title Page, Letter To Teachers & Notice To Educators

Table of Contents
Unit Grid iii
Unit Guide v
Student Reader Introduction ix
What Does Nuclear Waste Have To Do with Me?
Lesson Plan 1
Updating Electricity Generation Statistics - Background Notes 7
Generation of Electricity - Background Notes 9
Reading SR-1-8
Electricity from Nuclear Energy - Answers 13
Nuclear Waste: What Is It? Where Is It?
Lesson Plan 15
Types of Nuclear Waste - Background Notes 19
Storage of Spent Fuel - Background Notes 21
Below Regulatory Concern (BRC) Materials - Background Notes 25
Reading SR-9-18
Radioactive Waste: Volumes and Radioactivities (1993) - Answers 27
Nuclear Waste: What Is It? Where Is It? - Answers 28
Geographic Distribution of Commercial Spent Fuel
Geographic Distribution of Commercial Spent Fuel and Defense High-Level Nuclear Waste - Answers 31
Geographic Distribution of Commercial Spent Fuel and High-Level Nuclear Waste - Answers 32
Unit Summary SR-19-21
Enrichment
Regional Electricity Generation 33
Net Generation by Energy Source and Census Division - Pie Charts - Answers 35
Inventories of Spent Fuel (Map Activity)
Lesson Plan 43
Spent Fuel Inventories Number Line - Answers 48
1993 Inventories of Spent Fuel by State - Answers 49
Worldwide Nuclear Waste Management
Lesson Plan 51
Worldwide Nuclear Waste Management - Answers 53
International Nuclear Waste Disposal - Background Notes 55
Low-Level Waste
Lesson Plan 57
Low-Level Waste - Background Notes 63
Low-Level Waste Compacts - December 1993 - Answers 67
Low-Level Waste Number Line - Answers 68
Low-Level Waste Received at Disposal Sites - 1993 - Answers 69
Low-Level Waste - Answers 71
Glossary SR-23-25
Index SR-27-28
Bibliography SR-29-30
Activities/Transparency Masters
Locations of Nuclear Powerplants - Transparency Master 73
What Percentage of the Electricity Generated in Your Region in 1994 Came from Nuclear Energy - Transparency Master 75
Percentage of Electricity Generated by Nuclear Powerplants in 1994 - Transparency Master 77
Energy Equivalents - Transparency Master 79
Share of Electrical Generation by Power Source - Transparency Master 81
Fission - Transparency Master 83
Locations of Spent Nuclear Fuel and High-Level Radioactive Waste Ultimately Destined for Geologic Disposal (map and matrix) 85
Electricity from Nuclear Energy - Activity 107
Radioactive Wastes: Volumes and Radioactivities (1993) - Activity 109
Nuclear Waste: What Is It? Where Is It? - Activity 111
Geographic Distribution of Commercial Spent Fuel and Commercial and Defense High-Level Nuclear Waste - Activity 115
What Does Nuclear Waste Have to Do with Me? - Activity 119
Regional Electricity Generation - Enrichment Activity 125
Inventories of Spent Fuel - Enrichment Activity 129
Spent Fuel Inventories Number Line - Enrichment Activity 131
1993 Inventories of Spent Fuel by State - Enrichment Activity 133
Worldwide Nuclear Waste Management - Enrichment Activity 135
Low-Level Waste, Part I - Enrichment Activity 141
Low-Level Waste Compacts - December 1993 - Enrichment Activity 143
Low-Level Waste Number Line - Enrichment Activity 145
Low-Level Waste Received at Disposal Sites - 1993 - Enrichment Activity 147
Low-Level Waste, Part II - Enrichment Activity 149
Metric and U.S. Unit Conversions 151
Pretest and Posttest
Pretest 155
Pretest Answers 163
Posttest 165
Posttest Answers 173
Unit Review Test
Test 175
Answers 181


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