APN Newspapers in Education

Question 1 of 10

This is a picture of

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	2,000 people taking to the streets with flags and banners in northern Germany to demand a change in their nation's nuclear policies, ahead of a planned transport of atomic waste.

	to Germany’s north is Denmark, to the east Poland and the Czech Republic; to the south Austria and Switzerland; to the west France, Luxembourg, Belgium, and the Netherlands.

	atomic waste is a waste product containing radioactive material. It is usually the product of a nuclear process such as nuclear fission.

	radio active material contains unstable (radioactive) atoms that give off (ionizing) radiation as they decay. One of the genetic effects of radiation includes an increased cancer risk.