Radiation and Food Preservation

1		How is radiation used to delay food spoilage and preserve foods?
2		What are some of the by-products of food irradiation?
3		Which U.S. government agencies are responsible for monitoring the irradiated food products?

Nuclear Medicine

4		What is nuclear medicine?
5		Compare the imaging techniques of CAT scan with the use of MRI.
6		How is nuclear medicine used to treat diseases?

Three Mile Island and Chernobyl

7		What changes have occurred at other nuclear power plants due to the accident at Three Mile Island?
8		What were the causes of the Chernobyl accident?
9		What were the flaws in the Chernobyl reactor design?

Nuclear Waste

10		What are low-level nuclear wastes and how are they discarded?
11		What are high-level nuclear wastes and how are they produced?
12		Discuss how high-level wastes may someday be discarded.