Some examples of questions to consider for this topic are: -What kind of reactors are there? What is the basics of the design and how they work (ie, how do they provide energy, type of transformations, etc.). -What portion of Japan’s energy needs is supplied by nuclear energy? Did the accident change this or is it still the same? -What are the local short- and long-term consequences (financial, environmental, etc.) of the accident? -What are the global short- and long-term consequences of the accident? -What, if anything, can be done about the consequences to mitigate them? -Is there any other type of energy, renewable or not, being considered to take the place of nuclear energy in Japan? If so, what is being done to integrate this other energy form? How are other countries’ energy choices influenced (if at all)? -Nuclear energy has been touted by some scientists as the cleanest and/or safest energy form to transition us away from fossil fuels, while others insist that dangers are too extreme and that it is not a clean form of energy. Based on the information from your research, which way would you argue? Why?
