Three Mile Island accident

This natural disaster left Japan with a number of negative long-lasting consequences - claiming thousands of lives, demolishing hundreds of villages and completely destroying the nuclear power station which led to a serious nuclear and radiation accident. The Fukushima nuclear disaster did raise either the risk of leukemia or the level of radioactivity in soil, water,... Even until now, everything here still has never been able to be the same as before. Accordingly, it is really easy to…

General Electric and maintained by the Tokyo Electric Power Company. Fukushima Dai’ichi lies about 140 miles northeast of Tokyo, Japan directly on the Pacific Ocean. At 1446 hrs (local JST) on Friday March 11, 2011, a Magnitude 9.0 earthquake struck 43 miles east of Sendai, Japan, (or about 65 miles northeast of Fukushima Dai’ichi) centered in the Pacific Ocean with a depth of about 19 miles. Names the Great East Japan Earthquake, it was the most powerful recorded earthquake ever to strike…

Hello name’s Cameron, Cameron sydnor and I used to work at a nuclear facility . The chernobyl nuclear disaster was a terrible event, yet very few people actually know the backstory of the plant. Despite the story being fairly interesting. For example did you before the meltdown the leader of the facility once said “the chance of a full scale meltdown is one in a million” clearly this man cannot see the future or else he would have said (scream this) “OH NO THE PLANT IS GOING DOWN WE ARE ALL…

Ukraine, near the abandoned city of Pripyat, which suffered immediate consequences from the nuclear reactor's explosion. The colossal blast released radiation into the atmosphere which ended up spreading and killing many organisms. This spontaneous accident was recorded all over the world and alarmed many European nations. With little time, the Soviet Union set out missions to terminate the problem before it ever escalated. Today the calamity at Chernobyl is known as one of the world's worst…

In Part Three, “Starting Anyway”, the book illustrates how upholding indigenous rights could be a catalyst for an overhaul of our current unjust economic system, capitalism, bringing sustainable development to our planet. In particular, Klein highlights “Blockadia”…

On May 30 2011, Chancellor Angela Merkel declared that Germany’s nuclear power plants would be shut down by 2022. But Merkel’s statement is more than just that—it represents a shifting preference away from nuclear energy among German citizens. Here in the nation’s capital, citizens acknowledge the dangers of nuclear power. According to a 2015 poll conducted by German polling institute Emnid for Bild am Sonntag, 81 percent of Germans support the nuclear phase-out. Citizens fear the repeat of a…

the disaster in 1986 was the worst nuclear power plant accident in history. Although, Fukushima following the Chernobyl disaster was not as deadly, it not only affected people of Japan but all around the world. Therefore, the United States felt it was necessary to get involved and assess the situation. Fukushima and Chernobyl had a huge impact on the world mainly in Japan. These two accidents required a great number of…

The accident that took place in Chernobyl, Ukraine was the worst nuclear disaster that has ever occurred. The Chernobyl nuclear disaster not only effected the citizens and community of Ukraine, but it impacted the world’s perspective of nuclear energy. The disaster took place during a routine maintenance check on the fourth unit of the Chernobyl nuclear power plant. This maintenance routine that was done on unit 4 was to test the plant equipment and its capability of providing enough electrical…

Psychosocial impact of Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant Accident after the Great East Japan Earthquake <Mental health problem and poor health perception in Chernobyl vs. Fukushima> On 11 March 2011, a gigantic tsunami following the Great East Japan Earthquake severely damaged Tokyo Electric Power Company’s (TEPCO) Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant (NPP) and then caused a radiation hazard in Fukushima Prefecture. The residents in Fukushima feared the invisible radiation exposure,…

Part 1: Major Lab Accidents On January 7, 2010, two graduate students at Texas Tech University in Lubbock, Texas were involved in a lab accident in the Chemistry building. While handling two explosive compounds, the students assumed that keeping the compound wet would prevent it from exploding when it come in contact with the solvent. When he noticed that the product was clumpy, one of the students used a pestle to attempt to break it up. In doing so, the product was detonated. One of the…