1. What are the problems caused by the use of nuclear fuels?
2. Why are people worried about the nuclear plants?
3. Is application of nuclear energy dangerous?
4. What city was destroyed by nuclear weapons?
5. Why may nuclear reactors be dangerous?
2. Read the statements and say whether they are true (T) or false (F) . Correct the false ones
1. There is no reason to worry about fossil fuels because we have nuclear energy.
2. The fire at the Chernobyl plant didn’t cause a very large leak of radioactive
material.
3. Nuclear weapons destroyed Hiroshima.
4. The superpowers don’t have enough nuclear weapons to destroy the planet.
5. People don’t worry about the nuclear plants.
6. Nuclear reactors produce powerful radiation which can kill in large doses.
7. Radiation can’t cause cancer and other problems.
8. Because of human or mechanical errors, there have been radiation leaks at
nuclear plants all over the world.
3. Choose the correct word or word combination
1. The nuclear reaction is … the horrors of nuclear weapons.
| a) responsible for b) liable to c) answerable for |
2. Many people … about the nuclear plants themselves.
| a) are worried b) are happy c) take care |
3. Countries using nuclear power stations might also learn … of their own.
| a) not to use nuclear energy b) to make nuclear weapons c) to destroy nuclear plants |
4. Nuclear reactors … powerful radiation which can kill in large doses.
| a) make b) produce c) issue |
5. A serious fire at the Chernobyl plant in … caused a very large leak of radioactive material
| a) Ukraine b) the USA c) Japan |
6. The term fossil is also applied to any secondary fuel … from a fossil fuel.
| a) fabricated b) produced c) manufactured |