Hillsborough Disaster

ConocoPhillips ConocoPhillips Co. is a multination energy corporation. It is the world’s largest independent company focusing on the production of crude oil and natural gasses. The company was first founded in 1875 as the Continental Oil and Transportation Co. (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ConocoPhillips) ConocoPhillips and COMAH Foreword: The ConocoPhillips Humber Refinery is a Major Accident Hazard site as defined under the COMAH (Control of Major Accident Hazard) Regulations 1999. The…

Because of the accident at Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant, the Fukushima group evacuation test, the decontamination cost of the Nihon Matsu Golf Course, the Fukushima nuclear power plant litigation caused the Tokyo Electric Power shareholder suit. There are various reasons for these lawsuits ("Litigation Movement"). For example, it is necessary to protect children from radiation, to receive compensation from TEPCO, to ask the responsibility of TEPCO's Board of Directors to keep safety of…

Hazardous Chemical: Methyl Isocyanate (MIC) In December of 1984 in Bhopal India there was an extremely large chemical leak (Schlager, 2008). The chemical was called methyl isocyanate (MIC) and was used as an intermediate to create a pesticide, or a substance that is used for killing organisms called Seven. Seven, which kills several different types of bugs and is used specifically in Asia but globally as well, is also an insecticide, or a beneficial chemical that kills insects (Living With…

nuclear energy facility and was rated the highest on the nuclear severity scale. Nevertheless, there was numerous differences in the causes, responses, and impact of the accident. The most prominent similarity between the Chernobyl and Fukushima disaster is that it was classify as a major accident due to its high impact on people and environment with release of radioactive material. Hence, both accidents received the highest rating of 7 on the International Nuclear and Radiological Event Scale…

8th - Chapter 11 Vocab Chapter 11 Vocab begins on pg. 384 Petroleum Liquid fossil fuel; oil Refinery A factory in which crude oil is heated and separated into fuels and other products Petrochemical A compound made from oil solar energy energy from the sun hydroelectric power Electricity produced using the energy of flowing water biomass fuel Fuel made from living things Gasohol A mixture of gasoline and alcohol. geothermal energy Heat from Earth's interior. Nucleus the central and most important…

BIGEST AIRSHIP OPLITERATED IN SECONDS The Hindenburg was obliterated on May 6, 1937, around 7:25 pm. The Hindenburg left the Frankford airfield in Germany on a round trip flight to America with 97 souls onboard, just more than half of them would make it to America alive the rest doomed. The Hindenburg had many excellent design qualities, with one manger flaw. Its air bags were filled with hundreds of gallons each with explosive hydrogen. The Hindenburg was designed to be filled with…

TMIncident The three Mile Island incident was a horrific accident that started on March 28, 1979 when unit 2 partially melted down. This occurrence that has been dealt with numerous times started a chain reaction of incidents. After the turbine had shut down and radioactive fluids started overflowing the release valves were opened and coolant waters were rushed in. This coolant water cooled the turbines but then was exposed to the radiation. Now there had already been a couple technical…

particles put into the atmosphere early that morning. Since Chernobyl was a nuclear plant, radioactive materials were dispersed into the air. Some of the products are very lethal, some are not, but they still affect the world even today. The Chernobyl Disaster caused problems and continues to cause problems in humans, animals, and the environment. The day of the explosion began a clear and peaceful day. The explosion occurred during a voltage regulation test. The reactor was required to run on…

The end of August 2005 is a period of time that many along the entire Gulf Coast area will never forget. Hurricane Katrina, even ten years later, is one of the most catastrophic natural disasters in United States history. Despite the awareness and preparation that is afforded when anticipating a hurricane, the Gulf Coast was severely devastated when the storm made landfall on August 29, 2005. Although there was widespread destruction, the region most decimated by the hurricane was New Orleans.…

Nuclear power can have very damaging effects to people and to the environment. However, in order to keep funding this alternate source of energy, what needs to be changed? Nuclear energy has a very high potential to generate massive amounts of power that can be provided to communities. It generates so much energy, that sometimes these community power plants can have dangerous meltdowns. These meltdowns, can cause catastrophic malfunctions damage to people and the environment. Aside from the…