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RADwaste Thinking Keys
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Thinking Keys are designed to make you think about issues -
but from a different perspective.
It is recommended that you do not attempt to answer these questions at the start of the project.
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Commonalities
- The similarities and differences between finding a suitable solution and a suitable location for radioactive waste are…..
Interpretations
- The issue of Radioactive waste is more relevant now than it will ever be in the future because…….
Questions and Answers
‘that’s why the government set up the CORWM committee to investigate long term radioactive waste management issues’
the question is………
Alternatives
- If the government had not set up the CORWM committee what would the consequences be at different scales?
a) Regional (eg London)
b) National (eg the UK)
c) Global (eg all countries)
- How might the UK government have decided how to manage it’s nuclear waste without the CORWM committee?
What if?
- What if nuclear energy did n’t produce radioactive waste – how would this affect:
a) Energy supply in the UK
b) Energy Supply in Europe
c) Energy supply globally
Forced Relationship
· How might nuclear waste issues be different today if scientists / geographers knew what they knew today……
a) 100 years ago
b) 50 years ago
c) 10 years ago
B.Usher
RADwaste Project
June 2007
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