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    Chernobyl Research Paper

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    The most exceedingly terrible mishap in the historical backdrop of this atomic force era happened on the morning of April 26, 1986. It was at the Chernobyl (Ukraine) atomic force station in the Soviet Union. At 1:32am Lieutenant Colonel Leonid Telyatnikov got a phone call and was informed that there was a blaze at the atomic force plant. There were numerous reasons their plant had exploded backward. These reasons included human blunder and poor plant outline because of the cool war. Chernobyl…

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    Contingency planning and business continuity is the organization attempting to take control of an uncontrollable and unexpected situation. It is building and improving the organizations ability to respond and restore the organization functions and services when an event occurs. It will aid the organization in determining critical functions and services along with all the dependencies that support those functions and services. In the health care industry this is a critical task that must be…

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    lesson learned from the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster is to prepare for the worst-case scenario. The world should recognize the need to consider the maximum potential seismic events greater than the ones observed or recorded. The experience from the Fukushima incident shows how there is a need for a consistent and comprehensive plan for pre-earthquake and post-earthquake response actions. Preparing for the worst-case scenario is a necessity when dealing with high risk chemicals that can…

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    Chernobyl Research Paper

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    Chernobyl disaster. Chernobyl is an entire city that had a nuclear accident causing damage to the surrounding area for miles. Chernobyl had many different effects on the environment. The accident was a man made occurrence and could have been prevented. Some of the effects on the environment was reduction of biodiversity, by killing and mutation of plants and animals. These are just some of the reasons that chernobyl is the worst human caused environmental event. The Chernobyl disaster was a…

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    10 Facts About Chernobyl

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    Power Plant. The burst released a radioactive wave that was 400 times more concentrated than the Hiroshima nuclear bomb. To this day, those from the towns nearby and the surrounding area are suffering from the horrible after effects of the horrible disaster. Below are a few facts you might not have known about Chernobyl. 1. The explosion was caused by one of four reactors Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant had 6 reactors on site, but only 4 were completed. The 4th reactor was two years old and, on…

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    8th and 9th day of February 2011 my life was shattered, never to be built up in the same form again. This story is not to gain your sympathy or pity. This is simply a story about what made me who I am today. I went to sleep that night never realizing when I woke up my life would forever be missing something. I woke up to the noise of men talking. I was scared that someone was in the house. I went to see what was going on. I saw my nana and mom crying. I saw medics come in the door. Chaos. I was…

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    saying we should go to the doctor bright and early in the morning because there were white, clammy spots deep in the back of my throat that should not be there. The worst was yet to come. The next morning came around and my mom took me to the hospital. When we got there, we off course had to check in at the front desk. After that we sat in the clinic waiting room watching kids play with monster trucks and blocks…

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    going in the kitchen to get coffee. I heard a silent groan and I got scared. I went and checked what it was and I saw a man who looked like he got burnt. So I slowly went back in my room and woke up my husband Junior. When I woke him up he was confused on why I was so scared. That’s when he sat up and asked me what happened. I froze in a dead because I was too scared. Then I started stuttering because I was trying to explain it. “I I I saw a guy in our backyard and he he looked like he got…

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    homework and not trying to get ahead on anything, but I just convinced myself against this theory because I just wanted to play my game. I played until about midnight and forced myself to bed. When I woke I was a mess,…

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    Fractured: A Short Story

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    I heard my stomach growl. Grrrrrr… I really need to get something to eat. I started wandering towards a cafeteria. When I got there, there wasn’t anything edible.. At this point, my stomach started eating itself. After a few moments on the floor starving, I heard a rattle behind me. I looked up and I saw some nachos on the table under the light. “Huh, that’s not a trap…

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