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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