Logical ReasoningDifficulty: Easy

PT1 S4 Q1 Explanation

Radioactive waste from nuclear power

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Stimulus

Radioactive waste from nuclear power plants has been temporarily stored on-site, but this is not a satisfactory kind of place for long-range storage. Since no suitable plan of safe permanent storage of such waste from the nation’s existing and planned nuclear plants has been devised, some people propose that we should stop down all present nuclear plants and build no new nuclear plants.

What this question is testing

Flaw

Your task

Describe the reasoning error the argument actually commits.

Common trap

Answers that name a real logical flaw the argument doesn't actually make.

Winning move

Articulate the gap in the reasoning yourself, then match it to the choice that describes that gap.

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The question
1.

The proposal mentioned above falls short of offering a complete solution to the problem

Answer choices

  1. Trap3% picked this

    It would prevent the development of safe technologies for producing

  2. Trap5% picked this

    It does not distinguish between nuclear plants that have, and plants that do not have, a

  3. Correct85% picked this

    It does not provide for the permanent storage of

    Why this is right

    Answer C is correct.

    Skill tested: Flaw · how this choice captures the argument's function is the move to repeat next time.

  4. Trap0% picked this

    The generation of electric power from fossil fuels is

  5. Trap6% picked this

    The risks of unsafe disposal of waste from nuclear power plants lie in the future, but the benefits from such

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