Natural disaster

Engineering Disasters Engineers have opportunities and jobs like no other. Marvellous buildings and structures are completed, and new inventions are being created and implemented into society around the world, all thanks to engineers. However, not all of these inventions and structures are entirely perfect; in fact, some imperfect structures are more popular than the perfect ones because of the impact they have had on the people and areas around them. These famous imperfect structures are…

they both have the same classification, Chernobyl was far more grave. Georg Steinhauser and the Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences of Colorado State University state that the amount of radiation emitted during the Chernobyl disaster was “approximately four orders of magnitude higher” than that of Fukushima. Thus, demonstrating how severe Chernobyl was, for the accident was responsible for releasing more radiation than the deliberate dropping of a nuclear…

INTRODUCTION In the world 17% of the total electrical energy is generated by nuclear energy, but with the creation of nuclear energy produced many concerns for the surrounding environment. Nuclear waste is produced in different forms with different chemical and physical properties. This waste may be: • In the form of gas emitted from radioactive materials • In the form of liquid excreted from many research fields • In the form of solid ranging from glassware of hospitals and contaminated trash…

I plan on working on a nuclear power plant in the future, and a good grasp of the psychology of decision making will be very beneficial. The nuclear energy field is very controversial field to work in especially since many people only look at the cons, such as the dangers of nuclear energy, instead of the pros, such as an alternate source of energy to fossil fuels. As an engineer in a nuclear power plant, a person needs to make multiple decisions such as the number of reactants for a product or…

Fate is an often debated topic. There are many questions that are often asked when talking about fate. There are three questions I will be answering based on Sophie’s World : “Do you believe in Fate?, Is sickness the punishment of the gods?, What forces govern the course of history?” Some other major themes are the purpose of history, Hegel’s view on history, religion,…

That information came from my lecture notes that was taken during class. So, in this situation, virtue ethics wouldn’t necessarily look at what actually happened, but would look at the person that caused this disaster. The person that is responsible for this is Warren Anderson, which was the CEO of Union Carbide. Virtue ethics would look at what type of person Warren is and then will decide if his actions was morally wrong. If Warren was a bad, vicious person…

In my opinion, Three Mile Island should be shut down. I think this because there’s a risk of explosion from this power plant, which could cause deaths to hundreds nearby, it costs billions of dollars to fund, and alternative power sources exist. During this essay, I’ll explain why I think Three Mile Island should be shut down, and counteract opposing arguments to my stance. While I have many other reasons as to why Three Mile Island should be shut down, I will only be focusing on these arguments…

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…

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…

Gargamelle Bubble Chamber Do you wonder what a huge tank of 12,000 liters of liquid hydrogen could be used for? The Gargamelle Bubble Chamber is a large, cylinder shaped tank/chamber. It was full of pressurised liquid hydrogen. The camber was used to detect charged particles. The chamber needed many things to work, it detected bubble paths , and it took pictures to gather evidence of charges. The chamber worked by using neutrons, particles, charged plates, cameras, and liquid hydrogen. The…