Q&A With NRC Kids: Radiation and Other Questions
by Moderator
Eliot Brenner
Director, Office of Public Affairs
![One of the participants in the new video takes a question.]()
Moderator | April 25, 2013 at 11:23 am | Ta
One of the participants in the new video takes a question.
Art
Linkletter, a 1950s and ‘60s radio and television host, used to
interview children for his show “Kids Say the Darndest Things.” In that
spirit, at last year’s “Take your Child to Work Day” at the NRC, we
seized the opportunity to see what kids knew about NRC and related
matters – and make it into a video.
We
asked: Do you know what radiation is? We got a variety of answers –
some vague and some spot on (they’ve obviously been listening to their
parents).
Then
we asked: Do you know what has radiation in it? No, not candy, despite
what the kids might think. But yes, bananas and salt, and it also comes
from the sun and from the stars, as explained by the NRC expert who
answered the question.
Other
questions we asked include what do nuclear power plants generate and
what is a regulation. We have a variety of NRC experts answering all the
questions – and correcting a few misunderstandings.
We
hope you enjoy the video, and that teachers and parents can use it to
help explain nuclear matters to school-aged children. And we want thank
all the kids who participated in this project.
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