Radioactive contamination

There are many types of mutation and I am going to tell you a little about them.I am going to tell you a little about animal mutations. Animal mutation is when an animal has one or more legs, and or head. Animal mutation doesn’t happen that often. In Chernobyl animal mutation happened more often than you might think. You may ask what causes animal mutation. Animal mutation happens when DNA fails to copy accurately. External influences also cause animal mutation. Animal mutation may seem scary to…

selected and sampled within each river on four separate occasions: 20-22 July, 10 August, 20-22 September, and 21-22 November 2011. The values were compared to measured precipitation rates: 27.5mm, 0mm, 222mm and 0mm respectively. Radiocaesium contamination concentrations along with various other water quality parameters were assessed. It was found that the rate of discharge strongly correlates with the amount of radiocaesium concentrations found within the samples. Both dissolved and…

reactor-cooling systems causing meltdowns following hydrogen explosions at three of the reactors at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant, disseminating radioactive contamination and prompting the government to eventually evacuate 80,000 residents living within 20 km radius of the plant. The economic and public safety repercussions from radioactive contamination was gathering as the Japan brand had been tainted, food safety undermined, farming communities ruined. The overall cost of the disaster…

waste: It is the remnants of surgical operations of human organs, blood, and fluids of patients. 2. Contaminated waste: includes surgical supplies, patient clothing, needles, syringes, etc. 3. Radioactive waste: Remnants of radiation rooms, radioactive solutions, specialized laboratories, and other radioactive waste. (8,9) Dispose of waste safely and appropriately through: - Never dispose of waste into an already full receptacle. - Bags should be no more than ¾ full. - Sharps bins should be…

windows, doors hanging from their hinges, weeds and overgrowth climbing up walls, and unsettling silence. This is how one may describe Pripyat, Ukraine. What was once a city filled with great activity and energy is now a ghost town due to the impact radioactive fallout from the Chernobyl accident had on the surrounding environment. April 26, 1986, also known as the date of the worst nuclear accident in history. The Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant was located in what was…

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 (INES). Radioactive material (Cesium, Strontium, and Plutonium) manage to spill into the environment. In recognition of danger to the public safety, the surrounding population was evacuated and containment area was established to prevent further exposure to radioactive material. Additionally, there have study by…

wells in Weld County, Colorado, estimated that 4 percent of the methane produced by these wells is escaping into the atmosphere. The only way to stop climate change is to stop burning fossil fuels, not dig more up. Through air pollution, water contamination, and improper disposal of waste products, this type of drilling is causing great harm. Since they starting practicing “fracking”, there have…

For many years the argument of nuclear energy’s positive and negative effects have been fought between scientists and politicians a like. Is it truly cost effective? Is it more harmful than burning natural gases? Is it a more dangerous process to create it? These and many other questions have gone back and forth for those who support nuclear energy and those who are opposed to it. When deciding on the future of our sustainable energy sources it is best to weigh the pros and the cons of nuclear…

Nuclear power comprises 20% of the world’s energy production. No other form of energy production runs the risk of being taken over by terrorists, or exploding and killing millions of people within a 50 mile radius (Nuclear Power Plants). The United States has 121 government sanctioned nuclear energy power plants in its borders that each cost extreme amounts to build and run. With the U.S. being nearly twenty trillion dollars in debt, it would be wise to stop all further development of nuclear…

local animals and the people in the area of the fracking location. Being exposed to these toxic chemicals can cause serious long term health effects. The wastewater from fracking is called produced water which includes naturally occurring toxic or radioactive element found deep in the earth’s crust. Radium and selenium are some examples of what the long list of elements that are…