QUESTIONS: 1. How does a nuclear power plant generate elictricity? 2. Name the steps in the nuclear fuel cycle? 3. What is a rem? 4. What is a nuclear chain reaction? 5. How are rising enerrgy costs affecting the nuclear power industry? 6. What happened at Chemobyl, and why did happen? 7. Describle a boiling-water reactor, and explain how it works. 8. How is plutonium-239 producedd in a breeder reactor? 9. Why is plutoium-239 considered dangerous? 10. Why is fusion not being used as a source of energy? 11. What are the major enviromental problems associated with the use of nuclear power? 12. List three enviromrntal problems associated with the constuction and subsequent de-emphasis o nuclear weapons.