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Project Overview - Introduction Following on from the success of the CoRWM Schools Project, the LGfL 'RADwaste' project has been created to challenge schools throughout London and across the UK - to engage with the highly complex issues surrounding nuclear waste management in the UK. The project has been created to provide a challenging mix of online and offline resources for use in and out of the classroom. The project has been created to cover the following curriculum areas: The project utilises a variety of online technologies made available to London Schools via the London Grid for Learning. The project is designed to support a wide range of approaches for teachers, however - the central aim of the project is to promote debating activities within and between schools. With careful guidance, teachers and students should be able to recreate aspects of the CoRWM approach in their own school context. 'It's not often you get to make decisions that can last longer than a lifetime!' Does CoRWM’s remit extend to whether new nuclear power stations should be built? CoRWM’s task is to make recommendations about what to do with radioactive wastes in the long term, not to form a view on whether there should be new nuclear power stations. However, CoRWM is aware that these issues are linked in various ways and will inform Government of the views it hears through its consultation with the public and other stakeholders. The focus of the LGfL'RADwaste' Project is not to investigate the issue of whether new nuclear power stations should be built in the UK -although teachers may wish to pursue this question with students. |
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