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    Nuclear energy should not be a resource after what happened in Japan on 11 march 2011. That day a Nuclear power plantation has been destroyed by an earthquake in Japan. It causes radiation all around Japan and many people died. It doesn't matter if the disaster happened on Japan just because Japan is known for tsunami, earthquake, storm surge, and floods.This global warming situation is out of control for everybody so this can happen anywhere and if any natural causes hit any nuclear power plant…

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    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…

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    Times report the event from the start of the space mission to the end in vivid detail. Novelist Ayn Rand presents personal commentary on the launch in the selection The July 16, 1969, Launch: A Symbol of Man’s Greatness. Lastly, In Event of Moon Disaster, is a speech written by William Safire, the…

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    Introduction Nuclear disasters can be held responsible for leaving the greatest and longest lasting impacts on an environment. One of the most infamous nuclear disasters in the world’s history would be the Chernobyl Nuclear Explosion. On April 26th, 1986, the 4th reactor of the V.I. Lenin Nuclear Power Plant in Chernobyl, Ukraine exploded, allowing for innumerable amounts of toxic radiation to be spewed into the air. Radioactive contamination was spread over 100,000 square kilometers of land…

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    The people of Pripyat saw the smoke coming from the reactor and left almost immediately. Svetlana Alexievich was a Ukrainian who studied journalism at the University of Minsk. Years after the Chernobyl disaster Alexievich interviewed hundreds of survivors from Pripyat and the surrounding villages. She combined these interviews or monologues into her book titled Voices From Chernobyl. In one of the early monologues in the section one of the book labeled…

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    Repercussions for engineers working for Union Carbide in Bhopal and consequences for Union Carbide following Bhopal disaster. In 3 December 1984 there was a gas tragedy in Bhopal, the capital of the Indian state of Madhya Pradesh. People around the city were in chaotic motion all trying to escape the toxic gas cloud that resulted from the gas leakage from the plant owned by the Union Carbide Corporation that its aim was to produce Methyl Isocyanate, toxic constituent of pesticide Sevin. It was…

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    Schoharie Creek Bridge Disaster Introduction On April 5, 1987, one of the largest flood on record hit Fort Hunter, New York. More specifically, this flood hit the Schoharie Creek Bridge, a New York State Thruway connecting Albany to New York City. This flood had caused one hundred feet of the bridge to collapse, as cars were crossing the bridge in attempt to escape the storm. As the storm collapsed it immediately took two vehicles with it, and 3 more cars followed. There were ten casualties.…

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    discharged a considerable measure of the dangerous toxin dioxin, TCDD, that fast settled on the town from claiming Seveso, Also slaughtered animals brought on wellbeing issues will mankind's. There are many of people who is responsible the Seveso disaster such as the company’s workers and directors. Also, there no professional engineers were present in the building and no safety measurements in the factory. Reference: 1) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seveso_disaster 2)…

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    Holocaust is one of the most powerful words in history. It represents a time where millions of innocent, ordinary people, family members, children, and more were killed simply for the fact that they were Jewish. In the book, “The Holocaust: Great Disasters, Reforms, and Ramifications”, the rise and fall of Hitler and the Third Reich is described in great detail. The author was Judy L. Hasday, beside from a short introductory essay by Jill McCaffrey, who was born in Pennsylvania, and throughout…

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    crassus. They are one of the most helpful people in natural disaster. We help thousands of people per year. When I have served in the national guard I will always be remembered as a solder. I will be talking about national guard job description. In it will include the important facts about the national Guard. National guard is a demanding job. When something goes wrong we are the first line of defence. We are called to natural disasters. We would have to report to floods, earthquakes, tsunami,…

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