Call to action: Educate and encourage students about nuclear science

Posted on March 19, 2012 http://ansnuclearcafe.org/2012/03/19/call-to-action/

 By Bethany Cargle

“Do power plants really use mouse traps and ping-pong balls to create energy?” asked a fifth grade boy at Steele Creek Elementary School. Why would he ask this question? The question was a legitimate one for students attending the RCS Nuclear–sponsored reading of the children’s picture book Nuclear Power: How a Nuclear Plant Really Works! at Steele Creek Elementary in Charlotte, N.C., during National Engineers Week.