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What Are the Challenges of Nuclear Power? Instructional VideoWhat Are the Challenges of Nuclear Power? Instructional Video
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6th - 12th
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What Are the Challenges of Nuclear Power?

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Engineering challenges, construction costs, and disasters are some of the challenges when it comes to nuclear energy. Watch a video that explains each of these and more in detail.

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Concepts

nuclear fission, nuclear energy, neutrons, fission, uranium, nuclear power, subatomic particles, nuclear waste, radioactive decay, radioactivity

Additional Tags

science

Instructional Ideas

  • Research nuclear meltdowns or other nuclear disasters that have happened in history
  • Prompt pupils to view the video outside of class, saving class time for discussion and further exploration of the topic

Classroom Considerations

  • Best suited for a physics classroom

Pros

  • The resource includes research links related to nuclear energy, questions for discussion, and a quiz
  • Graphics support the processes being explained in the video

Cons

  • None

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