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The INES scale was created in 1990 as a way of indicating the relative seriousness of incidents in which radioactivity is released at nuclear plants. Before that, various countries relied upon their own classification systems, making it difficult to compare a nuclear mishap that occurred in the U.S. with one in, say, Europe or Japan.
Which of the following statements is best supported by the above passage?
  • a)
    After 1990, the implementation of the INES scale is expected to have led to a reduction in the amount of damage caused by nuclear mishaps.
  • b)
    A common scale of measurement is likely to better facilitate a comparison of the relative seriousness of incidents across nations, incidents in which radio-activity is released at nuclear plants. 
  • c)
    The ability to compare the relative seriousness of incidents in which radioactivity is released at nuclear plants in different parts of the US is expected to have increased after the creation of INES in 1990.
  • d)
    It is very likely that most countries currently use the INES scale to communicate the relative seriousness of incidents in which radioactivity is released at nuclear plants.
  • e)
    In the absence of the INES scale, it would have been currently very difficult to compare nuclear mishaps in the US with those in Europe or Japan.
Correct answer is option 'B'. Can you explain this answer?
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The INES scale was created in 1990 as a way of indicating the relative seriousness of incidents in which radioactivity is released at nuclear plants. Before that, various countries relied upon their own classification systems, making it difficult to compare a nuclear mishap that occurred in the U.S. with one in, say, Europe or Japan.
Which of the following statements is best supported by the above passage?
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The question stem requires us to look for a statement that is best supported by the information given in the passage. So let’s look at the same and see what we can derive from it.
We know from Before 1990 and NM in different countries (refer to the logical structure diagram above) that comparison was difficult when countries used their own CS.
Since, INES was created in 1990 to measure RS of incidents across countries, which were using different CS, we can infer that:
  • It’s likely that a common scale can overcome the difficulty faced in measuring the RS of NM across countries where different CS are used.
With this understanding in mind, let’s take a look at the option statements.
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A
After 1990, the implementation of the INES scale is expected to have led to a reduction in the amount of damage caused by nuclear mishaps.
Incorrect - No information given
INES just measures  RS of NM, it has no impact on the damage caused.
B
A common scale of measurement is likely to better facilitate a comparison of the relative seriousness of incidents across nations, incidents in which radio-activity is released at nuclear plants. 
Correct
This choice is written along the lines of our pre-thinking.
C
The ability to compare the relative seriousness of incidents in which radioactivity is released at nuclear plants in different parts of the US is expected to have increased after the creation of INES in 1990.
Incorrect - No information given
First of all, we don’t know whether the US adopted the INES scale. Secondly, and more importantly, the passage says the difficulty was faced in measuring RS across countries, not within the same country.
D
It is very likely that most countries currently use the INES scale to communicate the relative seriousness of incidents in which radioactivity is released at nuclear plants.
Incorrect - No information given
We have no evidence that INES was actually adopted in different countries.
E
In the absence of the INES scale, it would have been currently very difficult to compare nuclear mishaps in the US with those in Europe or Japan.
Incorrect - No information given
From the passage, we don’t know if INES was actually adopted in these countries. Similarly, we can’t say that another scale wouldn't have been created in the absence of INES. So, we cannot conclude anything about the hypothetical situation mentioned in this choice. 
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