11. What a disaster!

Outcomes:

> interact with some sources of information to help you prepare for your "impact of Science and technology" (Criteria D) report on the use of uranium in nuclear power stations.

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What are the potential dangers posed to the public when things go wrong at a nuclear power plant?

Activity: Read this BBC News post from 2011 that lists the major Nuclear Power Plant accidents from around the world in the last 60 years: http://www.bbc.com/news/world-13047267

Option: Use the Samsung Gear 360 headset and the Chernobyl VR app to take a look around a virtual Chernobyl.

“Recent in Samsung Gear VR.” Phandroid, phandroid.com/guide/samsung-gear-vr/.

Accessed 30 Mar. 2017.

Activity: Do you ever wonder why it is safe to visit Nagasaki and Hiroshima, when nuclear bombs were dropped there, but it is not safe to visit Chernobyl of Fukushima?

Read this article from The Huffington Post that helps explain why:

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/patrick-takahashi/why-worry-about-fukushima_b_847250.html

Option: In this video, a robot used to explore the Fukushima powerplant stops working due to the extremely high levels of radiation:

Extension: in this video, all the nuclear weapon detonations carried out between 1945 and 2009 are mapped out. What do you you learn from the video? Summarise what you found 'interesting' from the video.