Natural disaster

For the project we had in Mr. Sanders Physical science class this nine week I choose to read “The Radioactive Boy Scout.” The book was about a boy named David Hahn who grew up in suburban Detroit. David was fascinated by science and while he was working on earning his Atomic Energy badge for boy scouts, David’s attention turned to nuclear energy. He started working on building a nuclear reactor in his backyard garden shed. Working as a physics professor, David solicited information on reactor…

December 2, 2016 in Oakland, California a fire broke out in a warehouse known as Ghost Ship. At that time they were hosting a concert that had artists from the house music record label 100 percent silk. 36 people were killed in that fire and it is said that is was the deadliest fire ever in the history of Oakland. It was the deadliest in California since the 1906 San Francisco earthquake. Nobody knows exactly what caused the fire but it was such a bad warehouse because of all the safety hazards…

In 1984 on the night of the second of December the Bhopal plant emitted 42 tonnes of methyl isocyanate gas exposing to more than 500,000 people and killing around 5,000 people. The clean-up of this disaster was insufficient and people are still being affected by the leakage. Methyl isocyanate gas also known as MIC is a clear liquid used to make pesticides, when exposed to the gas it brings the same effects as tear gas. Some of the effects that people went through were swelling and burning of…

Introductory Paragraph Gabrielle stout I'm arguing about how Finland is putting nuclear waste 100 stories underground. Finland have been quietly digging in the ground. a. thesis: Finland people want to finish digging up by 2020 so they can put 6,500 tons of spent uranium for the next 100,000 years underground. Paragraph Building deep storage is not hard just for scientists or engineers…

After the Three Mile Island incident the NRC cracked down rigorously on safety protocol. They emphasized training employees to handle the equipment delicately and strategized worst case scenarios that could result from another nuclear meltdown. Even though they tightened their leach on nuclear construction there was still controversy over whether or not production was even worth the risk. Nuclear energy took a step back from their accelerated production to address each issue one at a time. In…

Have you ever imagined not being able to go to your hometown? Chernobyl is what that's like. About a couple months after the accident the elephant's foot was found. The foot has many life-threatening effects. The effects were way worse back then, then they are now. The elephant's foot is a very scary thing. After the tragedy of Chernobyl, a toxic lump of radiation was found. Even though it happened over 30 years ago the elephant's foot is still lethal and it will be for 50,000 more…

Nuclear Accident at Three Mile Island I’m going to tell you about the nuclear accident at Three Mile Island. On March 28, 1979, the power plant built near Middletown, PA partially melted down. Still today it is the most serious accident in U.S. nuclear power plant operating history. The accident is said to have been caused by a combination of equipment malfunctions, design problems, as well as worker errors. (www.NRC.gov/threemileisland) The accident started at 4am on wednesday, March 28,…

The Kyshtym disaster is easily one of the largest nuclear meltdowns but due to the Soviet Union government hiding the files it was not talked about as much as other nuclear meltdowns. The Kyshtym disaster occurred on September 29,1957 but it goes back all the way to the 1946 when the nuclear reactors and plutonium processing plant were established. They were built as a way for the Soviet program to develop nuclear weapons. The first weapon was built in 1949 and after that they were in a rush to…

The Demise Of The Great “Hindenburg” T he era of the Hindenburg along with all other airships of it’s time came to an explosive end all in one unexpected day. Put that aside for now but I promise to readdress that topic soon enough, but first I shall explain it’s long journey to it’s inevitable destruction. The great airship that was given the iconic name of “Hindenburg” was constructed by America’s enemy at the time, Nazi Germany itself. First of all, you need to know that it was the…

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…