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It is repeatedly claimed that the dumping of nuclear waste [#permalink]
 06 Aug 2009, 07:05
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It is repeatedly claimed that the dumping of nuclear waste poses no threat to people living nearby. If this claim could be made with certainty, there would be no reason for not locating sites in areas of dense population. But the policy of dumping nuclear waste only in the more sparsely populated regions indicates, at the very least, some misgiving about safety on the part of those responsible for policy.
Which one of the following, if true, would most seriously weaken the argument?
A. Evaluation plans in the event of an accident could not be guaranteed to work perfectly except where the population is small.
B. In the event of an accident, it is certain that fewer people would be harmed in a sparsely populated than in a densely populated area.
C. Dumping of nuclear waste poses fewer economic and bureaucratic problems in sparsely populated than in densely populated areas.
D. There are dangers associated with chemical waste, and it, too, is dumped away from areas of dense population.
E. Until there is no shred of doubt that nuclear dumps are safe, it makes sense to situate them where they pose the least threat to the public.
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I would disagree. IMO C.
The argument says that there has to be some safety implication for the responsible ones to dump nuclear wastes only in the more sparsely populated regions. So in order to weaken this argument, we need to find an alternative explanation as to why they are dumping nuclear wastes in those sparsely populated areas despite safety not being an issue.
Option C says that there there are other reasons -
C. Dumping of nuclear waste poses fewer economic and bureaucratic problems in sparsely populated than in densely populated areas.
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I initially thought B, but after erading whathehell's explanation I am leaning towards C.
I am curious to knowwhat the OA is?
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C for me. When I read the passage. I started looking for the economic reason(cost factors => easily available cheap land. C has it. Not sure about the bureaucratic problems.
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I think its E
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C for me too
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C for me too.
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would go with C as it suggests that the reason for not doing it in the densed areas is because of economic and bureucratic reasons as opposed to safty...
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One more C.
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I go with C.
Author's argument is that Policy makers do not locate dump sites in densely populated regions is because there is AT LEAST some degree of danger associated (which they do not talk about - hence the misgiving).
C clearly indicates that Policy makers locate dump site in sparsely populated regions because of bureaucratic and economic reasons. This negates the AT LEAST argument.
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COnfused  could be C or D
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It is repeatedly claimed that the dumping of nuclear waste poses no threat to people living nearby. If this claim could be made with certainty, there would be no reason for not locating sites in areas of dense population. But the policy of dumping nuclear waste only in the more sparsely populated regions indicates, at the very least, some misgiving about safety on the part of those responsible for policy. Which one of the following, if true, would most seriously weaken the argument? A. Evaluation plans in the event of an accident could not be guaranteed to work perfectly except where the population is small. IrrelevantB. In the event of an accident, it is certain that fewer people would be harmed in a sparsely populated than in a densely populated area. Similar to C but C has a better alternate explanation.C. Dumping of nuclear waste poses fewer economic and bureaucratic problems in sparsely populated than in densely populated areas. Looks right. bureaucrats are linked to the policy makers.D. There are dangers associated with chemical waste, and it, too, is dumped away from areas of dense population. StrengthensE. Until there is no shred of doubt that nuclear dumps are safe, it makes sense to situate them where they pose the least threat to the public. Assuming too much
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my first answer was E.
OA please
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one more C
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I go with C.
OA pls.
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I go with C - it is probably due to evidence of low risk to the safety of indivudals in rural areas, that pose less economic and bureaucatic constrains.
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acer2knight wrote: my first answer was E.
OA please Initially I also thought it should be E. Now I realize my mistake and understand it should be C. In the argument, it is very clearly stated that "...If this claim could be made with certainty...". This means, the author is accepting the conclusion would be true if and only if the claim can be made with certainty. So, there is no point in weakening the argument on this basis. E is really a trap and the correct answer is C.
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