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Neighbors Living Near a Nuclear Power Plant

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Neighbors Living Near a Nuclear Power Plant
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	edHelper's suggested reading level:	grades 4 to 6
	Flesch-Kincaid grade level:	5.16

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	challenging words:		burning, containment, radioactivity, reactor, what-ifs, evacuate, generate, nuclear, respiratory, terrorist, greenhouse, core, aircraft, emergency, radioactive, uranium
	content words:		New York, Indian Point, New York City

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Neighbors Living Near a Nuclear Power Plant By Jennifer Kenny

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¹     Bob and Jill are next door neighbors in New York. One evening Jill came walking out of her house and ran into Bob.
 
²     "Hi, Jill," Bob said. "How are things?"
 
³     "Fine, Bob," Jill answered. "How are you?"
 
⁴     "I'm fine," Bob responded. "Where are you off to?"
 
⁵     "You don't really want to know, Bob," Jill said. "We've had this conversation before."
 
⁶     "Don't tell me you are headed to the meeting about the nuclear power plant. I told you it's perfectly safe," Bob said.
 
⁷     "Bob," Jill asked, "why do you think it's so safe?"
 
⁸     Bob answered, "The energy that is generated is efficient. The nuclear reactors need little fuel. The waste produced is so much smaller than that even at a coal-burning plant. The chance of getting sick from a nuclear power plant accident is a lot less than from dying due to a respiratory illness caused by a coal burning plant. It doesn't produce carbon dioxide so it does not add to the greenhouse effect or cause acid rain."
 
⁹     "I know you keep telling me that," Jill said. "However, even though the cost is low in terms of fuel, it is very expensive because the radioactive waste must be stored, containment is expensive, and emergency costs add up. In fact, I heard that the wastes must be stored permanently for millions of years. Is that true?"

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Extended Activities:

1.  Research the safety of nuclear power plants.

2.  Chernobyl was a nuclear power plant disaster. Research and summarize the event.

3.  Choose one location: a store, your home, a theater, or your school. Draw a diagram demonstrating an evacuation plan for the location.

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