Disaster

is in the past. Across from the empty chair is an American flag blowing in the wind. It is the spark of color that stands out amongst the rest of the picture which has a brown undertone. It represents that even after catastrophes such as natural disasters, society must stand proud and remain…

"). Little did they know of the disaster that struck at 1:23 a.m. at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant. Nadezhda Petrovna Vygovskaya, a survivor of the event recalls “I can still see the bright-crimson glow, it was like the reactor was glowing. This wasn 't any ordinary fire, it was some sort of shining.” During the night graphite reactor number 4 had exploded and was releasing seven tons of dangerous radiation into the surrounding area (Borrero).…

it’s own set of challenges. Even though the amount of waste produced, is far less, it is highly toxic and nuclear waste disposal is a big challenge. Most nuclear reactors are situated in densely populated areas and safety is a big concern. Nuclear disasters like Fukushima are catastrophic in nature and cause damage on a global scale. So we have to ask ourselves, is Nuclear energy, really, a green solution? What are the ethical values we should be consider when taking decisions that affect…

The Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant Disaster In March 2011 an earthquake followed by a tsunami caused the destruction of the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant releasing radioactive material into the. In 2011 it was reported that long-lived radioactive cesium had contaminated 11,580 square miles of the land surface of Japan 4,550 of which had a radiation level that exceeded Japan’s allowable exposure rate of 1 millisievert per year .The Japanese government then raised the allowable…

Roosevelt cited December 7, 1941 as “a date that will live in infamy.” Two dates in like manner of infamy pertinence to nuclear catastrophe are April 26, 1986 in Chernobyl, Ukraine and March 11, 2011 in Fukushima, Japan. Both incidents embroil a disaster at a nuclear facility exposing radioactive materials and setting unprecedented score the nuclear severity scale. Be that as it may numerous differences arises in terms of causes, responses, and impact of the respective circumstances. The utmost…

clean energy source that can be relied on as a steady alternative fuel source. Its benefits, though, can easily be outweighed by its detriments. No energy source compares in its potential life-threatening risks to that of nuclear energy. Such disasters may be overlooked due to their rarity and need in a rapidly-evolving society. However, at what point does the threat of millions of lives outweigh the possible boost gained because of the fuel source? Nuclear power contributes to about 6% of…

bout 80 years ago a very tragic disaster happened. The Hindenburg disaster. A lot of people lost their friends, family, and local people in their city. This was a big event happening on May 6, 1937. The Length of the Hindenburg was about 245m/803.8 feet. The diameter was 41.2m/135.1 feet. The gas capacity was 200,00 cubic meters/ 7,062,000 cubic feet. It traveled at about 135 km/h and 84 mph. It’s made out of gelatin on top of a sheet of cotton. This disaster was famous because it was the…

You may not of known that nuclear disasters can cause health effects but they really do! One of the worst nuclear disasters was Chernobyl. I’ll be telling you how it happened, the health effects it caused, and Chernobyl today. It happened on April 25, 1986, at the nuclear power plant at Chernobyl, Soviet Union. More than thirty people were killed immediately. The radiation release was thirty to forty times of the atomic bombs dropped on Japan during World War II. Tons of people were…

Bomb Nuclear energy is currently one of the major energy sources in the world right now. It is the world’s third most utilized fuel currently, only behind fossil fuels and hydroelectricity (“Nuclear Power Today”). However, it also has the highest disaster potential out of all the energy sources currently in use. This was made evident by the fallout of the triple meltdown at Fukushima Daiichi in Japan (“Nuclear Exodus”). This has led to the resurfacing of arguments and demands of environmental…

Have you ever been in a bad Natural disaster? If not maybe you should try reading “Comprehending the Calamity” By Emma Burke and “Horrific Wreck of the City” By Fred Hewitt. They are both first hand eye witness accounts of the San Francisco earthquake and fire. The San Francisco earthquake was one of the biggest and most traumatizing events of all time. It all started April 18, 1906 at 5:15 AM. The first tremor lasted about 1 minute and others continued to strike through out the morning. Water…