Chernobyl disaster

When I watched this documentary, The Chernobyl Disaster, through a formal lense, the producer organized this documentary in chronological order. The medium in which this non-live performance was made is a digital narrative and was an 11 minute documentary on YouTube. The colors of this film were cool tone, mostly black and white photos, and a lot of grays and dark blue. These colors, to me, are associated with sadness. For example, dark gloomy days are associated with gray stormy rain clouds.…

Fukushima Nuclear Disaster The Fukushima nuclear disaster was caused by chain of events early March of 2011. On the morning of the 11th there was a 9.0 magnitude earthquake off the Pacific coast of Japan. The Tohoku earthquake caused a 128 meter tsunami which hit the eastern coast of Japan. During the events of the earthquake and tsunami the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant suffered heavy equipment failures. These equipment failures lead to three of six reactors melting down and another…

As one of the worst environmental disaster since Chernobyl. The cyanide spill in January 30, 2000 released tons of toxic chemicals into the rivers of Romania and three bordering countries. The Tisza-Danube Cyanide Spill affected the people by contaminating their food and water sources. This also affects the animals living nearby or in the rivers because their habitats and ecosystems either gets lost or destroyed. People responded to this by trying to get mining industries to take…

According to When Technology Fails Chernobyl Accident, “two mammoth explosions blew apart Unit #4 of the Chernobyl nuclear power plant near Pripyat in the Ukrainian republic of the former Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR), what is now the independent country of Ukraine.” The explosions had many damaging effects to all…

Australia should definitely produce nuclear technology. Throughout this point in time, Australia is one of the few developed countries not using nuclear technology and energy. Nuclear has been used for over 50 years and supplies nuclear power to over 32 countries, without producing signs of any emissions. Therefore, Australia should develop nuclear technology as the geology of Australia is perfectly stable for the production of nuclear technology and more importantly, we have abundant uranium…

smallest error could lead to a disaster of unimaginable proportions. The events at Fukushima served as a reminder that when . The Fukushima Daiichi disaster will have lasting effects on the environment, and the public’s opinion of nuclear energy will ultimately decide the fate of the industry. The Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant sits on the east coast of Japan in the Fukushima Prefecture. The plant has a total of 6 boiling water reactors, which were designed…

The accident showed people how groups of people under lots of stress, react and make decisions from under it. Many people think that the accident went so far because operators made incorrect decisions because of the large amounts of information that was given to the during the accident. The equipment that was used at the plant was also used at other power plants and were shutdown due to the accident. The cleanup for the accident took almost a decade because of the radiation that got out in…

Understanding the Pathophysiology, Laboratory, Diagnostic testing and Nursing Interventions for Graves’ Disease According to the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK) (2012), “Graves’ disease, also known as toxic goiter, is the most common cause of hyperthyroidism in the United States”. Hyperthyroidism is a disorder that occurs when the thyroid gland makes more thyroid stimulating hormone (TSH) than the body needs. The thyroid gland helps control how the body…

David Pattenaude Professor Kiefer ENGWR 300 6 September 2016 Summary of "Self-Definitions" William T. Vollmann, in the first section titled “Self-Definitions” of his book Poor People, through a series of interviews, research, and self-examination attempts to define the concept of poverty and what makes people poor. In the introduction of the book, the author states that he is looking for the “similarities and differences in the experiences of being poor" (Vollmann 2). He admits that while other…

Three Mile Island Accident Introduction Radioactive reactants are one of the leading source of electricity in our country thus making it very important to us. Radioactive compounds that are used to run the nuclear reactor's turbines by heating water into steam which run generators to produce electricity though are a dangerous hazard to us. There have been many nuclear plants accidents in our country, but the Three Mile Island accident is one of the most significant regarding hazard management…