After text activity. Exercise 1.Read and memorize using a dictionary:

I. Reading exercises:

Exercise 1. Read and memorize using a dictionary:

Sustained, fission, naval vessel, nuclear propulsion, ongoing,proponents,contend, pose, submarine mishaps, prompt, a rethink, ban, halve,cease, in the wake, assess, forecast, full-fledged

Exercise 2. Answer the questions:

1) What is nuclear power?

2) What do nuclear power plants provide?

3) What did Japan's 2011 Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster prompt?

4) How does nuclear energy policy differ among European Union countries?

Exercise 3. Match the left part with the right:

1. Nuclear power plants provide	a) about the use of nuclear energy.
2. There is an ongoing debate	b) about 5.7% of the world's energy and 13% of the world's electricity.
3. Research into safety improvements is continuing and	c) Italy has banned nuclear power.
4. Germany decided to close all its reactors by 2022, and	d) nuclear fusion, believed to be safer, may be used in the future.

Exercise 4. Open brackets choosing the right words:

In 2011 nuclear power (provided/ supplied) 10% of the world's electricity. In 2007, the IAEA (reported/ told) there were 439 nuclear power reactors in operation in the world, operating in 31 countries. However, many have now (ceased/stopped) operation in the wake of the Fukushima nuclear (disaster/catastrophe) while they are assessed for safety.

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