the buildup of huge quantities of contaminated water at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant. Abe‚ who recently suggested that the plant’s operator‚ Tokyo Electric Power (Tepco)‚ was incapable of overseeing the operation on its own‚ said the government would soon announce a comprehensive plan to deal with the world’s largest nuclear cleanup. The prospect of greater state involvement in decommissioning Fukushima Daiichi – the scene of a triple meltdown after it was hit by a tsunami in March
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Contaminated water found leaking at Japanese nuclear plant - CNN. Featured Articles from CNN. Retrieved October 22‚ 2012‚ from http://articles.cnn.com/2011-12-05/asia/world_asia_japan-radioactive-water-leak_1_japanese-nuclear-plant-japan-s-fukushima-daiichi-daiichi-plant?_s=PM:ASIADuhigg‚ C. (2009‚ December 7). Millions in U.S. Drink Contaminated Water‚ Records Show - Series - NYTimes.com. The New York Times - Breaking News‚ World News & Multimedia. Retrieved October 22‚ 2012‚ from http://www.nytimes
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was impacted by a monumental earthquake that caused a tsunami. This provoked the nuclear plant Fukushima Daiichi to leak radioactive material into the farm lands of Japan. Fukushima was overheating due to equipment failure‚ and loss of coolant agent. This was the result of a nuclear meltdown. It was rapidly shut down to prevent any further complications‚ but The vague knowledge on Fukushima Daiichi left uncertainty about whether the nuclear plant was sealed or if was still leaking. As the meltdown
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Fukushima Nuclear Disaster 1. Introduction 1.1 Background of TEPCO TEPCOalso known asTokyo Electric Power Co.‚ Ltd‚ is a Japanese electric utilities servicing Japan ’s Kanto region‚ Yamanashi Prefecture‚ and the eastern portion of Shizuoka Prefecture. The area includes Tokyo and its headquarters are located in Chiyoda‚ Tokyo‚ and international branch offices exist in Washington‚ D.C.‚ and London. 1.1.1 Purpose of the plant operation The company ’s power generation consists of two main networks
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Natural Disasters Throughout earth‚ the life of an average person can change because of one day’s events. Communities that had been established over numerous decades can become a pile of rubble in a matter of hours and even minutes. The effect of a natural disaster can change a community forever. A natural disaster is anything that causes harm or damage from nature. Natural disasters can strike any part of the world‚ sometimes predicted others not. Japan is the one of the countries‚ most affected
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Summer Internship Project In Depth Fundamental Analysis of Pharmaceutical Industry Submitted in partial fulfillment of PGDM program 2009-11 [pic] Submitted by Vikas Khandelwal 17/058 Company Guide Faculty Guide Name: Mr. Ritesh Purohit Name: Ms. Ruchi Paliwal Assistant Vice President Globe Capital Market Ltd. Apeejay School of Management New Delhi July 2010 ACKNOWLEDGEMENT This project would have been difficult to complete without the invaluable contributions
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past‚ and this disaster have leaked significant amounts of radiation that have affected ecosystems in the region. On March 21‚ 2011‚ TEPCO (Tokyo Electric Power Company) investigated the seawater near the southern discharge port of the Fukushima Daiichi NPS‚ revealed that radioactive substances significantly exceeding safety standard values were detected. According to National Geographic‚ Joseph Rachlin‚ director of Lehman College’s Laboratory for Marine and Estuarine Research says “radiation can
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Japan fears a nuclear disaster after reactor breach Officials warn of health risks‚ telling people in a 20-mile area to stay indoors as dangerous levels of radiation leak into the air after a third explosion and fire at the Fukushima No. 1 (Daiichi) plant. March 15‚ 2011‚ Los Angeles Times Dangerous levels of radiation escaped a quake-stricken nuclear power plant after one reactor’s steel containment structure was apparently breached by an explosion‚ and another
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is brought up with nuclear power plants are safety concerns. Two notable accidents caused by nuclear plants took place in Chernobyl and Fukushima Daiichi. The accident in Chernobyl was caused by a poorly designed and operated reactor resulting in an explosion at the facility leaving thirty- two deaths from overexposure to radiation. In Fukushima Daiichi an older reactor was being operated although it did not follow safety precautions in the event of a tsunami or earthquake. Not only are nuclear plants
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cooling systems in one of the reactors at the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station in the Fukushima prefecture on the east coast of Japan failed shortly after the earthquake‚ causing a nuclear crisis. This initial reactor failure was followed by an explosion and eventual partial meltdowns in two reactors‚ then by a fire in another reactor which released radioactivity directly into the atmosphere. The nuclear troubles were not limited to the Daiichi plant; three other nuclear facilities also reported
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