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3.5 Nuclear Energy Assignment
3.5 Nuclear Energy Assignment
3.5 Nuclear Energy Assignment
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Teacher: Dr. Deol Marks: /35
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3. Using the graph to the right to answer the
following questions. [5]
a) What is the half-life of each element?
A:__________ C: _________
b) Which element has the shortest half-life? ___
c) Which element is the most unstable? How do
you know?
6. Ontario’s Pickering nuclear power plant will reach the end of its life in 2024 or 2025 depending on
political decisions. When this reactor shuts down, where will Ontario obtain the generating capacity
needed to meet electrical demand? What will be done to the plant, a source of radioactivity? Engineers
and designers now put a lot of thought into what should be done with the products they design when
they reach the end of their product life cycle.
Write a paragraph on what can be done to old nuclear reactors? [6]
7. Answer the question from It’s Your Decision FOOD RADIATION from today’s lesson [10 marks]
Attach another page for the 500-750 word report.