UNVEILING OF THE CURTAINS: THE TRUTH ABOUT THE NUCLEAR POWER A Term Paper Presented to Prof. Robert Rodriguez Division of Humanities‚ College of Arts and Sciences University of the Philippines in the Visayas‚ Miagao; Iloilo In Partial Fulfilment of the Requirements For the Course in Communication 2 By Hyacinth J. Menicable March 17‚ 2011 ACKNOWLEGDEMENT Very special gracias to the persons who made all this possible. Mr. Robert Rodriguez‚ our course professor who inspired me and
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What are the Advantages of Nuclear Energy? * Nuclear reactions release a million times more energy‚ as compared to hydro or wind energy. Hence‚ a large amount of electricity can be generated. Presently‚ 12-18% of the world’s electricity is generated through nuclear energy. * The biggest advantage of nuclear energy is that there is no release of greenhouse gases (carbon dioxide‚ methane‚ ozone‚ chlorofluorocarbon) during nuclear reaction. The greenhouse gases are a major threat in the
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If the family exists (as Murdock says it does universally)‚ then it must be performing some function(s) or fulfilling some purpose(s). A number of functionalist sociologists have presented accounts of the way in which this happens. GP Murdock Four essential functions of the family Murdock argues that the family is a universal institution (it exists everywhere) that performs four major functions Stable satisfaction of the sex drive with the same partner‚ preventing the social disruption caused by
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Dangers and hazards of nuclear power When the term Nuclear Power or Nuclear Energy gets used usually the first things that come to mind for most people are bombs‚ destruction‚ war‚ and deformed humans. Which in fact are four things that occur the least in the nuclear power field. Nuclear power is much more than just bombs and destruction‚ bombs barely even take up a percentage of the total amount of nuclear energy used in the world today. Most all of the nuclear energy used today comes in the form
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Following are the key aspects of the Indo-US civil nuclear deal: * The agreement not to hinder or interfere with India’s nuclear programme for military purposes. * US will help India negotiate with the IAEA for an India-specific fuel supply agreement. * Washington will support New Delhi develop strategic reserves of nuclear fuel to guard against future disruption of supply. * In case of disruption‚ US and India will jointly convene a group of friendly supplier countries to include
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(Compiled by Nagasaki Municipality | Destruction of Buildings and Houses | Number | Percentage | Total in Nagasaki (before atomic explosion) | 50‚000 | 100.0 | Blasted (not burned) | 2‚652 | 5.3 | Blasted and burned | 11‚494 | 23.0 | Blasted and/or burned | 14‚146 | 28.3 | Partially burned or blasted | 5‚441 | 10.9 | Total buildings and houses destroyed | 19‚587 | 39.2 | Undamaged | 30‚413 | 60.8 | TABLE A Estimates of Casualties | Hiroshima | Nagasaki | Pre-raid
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TECHNOLOGY CREATES VERY LESS PROBLEMS- DEBATE “ANY SUFICIENTLLY ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY IS INDISTINGUISHABLE FROM MAGIC” SAID SIR ARTHUR C.CLARKE.YES IT IS TRUE MY FRIENDS.IF TECHNOLOGY WE USE IS ABSOLUTELY ADVANCED AND SUFFICIENT THEN IT FEELS IKE IT IS MAGIC.FOR EXAMPLE INTERNET.INTERNET-A FAST TECHNOLOGY IN WHICH A PERSON CAN DO ANYTHING SITTING IN ANY PLACE OF THE WORLD.THEY CAN AT ANY TIME SEARCH FOR INFORMATION ON ANYTHING. WHEN WE SAY ABOUT TECHNOLOGY WE AT FIRST THINK OF CELL PHONES OR MICROWAVES
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How is Foxconn proof that Globalization has negative impacts and how could Foxconn behave more ethically? – A case study. Table of Contents Research Question 1 Table of Contents 2 Abstract 3 Introduction 4 The Case Study 5 Approach 13 Bibliography 14 Abstract In this case study I have looked into how Foxconn is an example of how globalization has a lot of negative effects and not only positive effects. I have looked into how globalization does make nations more
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Living During the Nuclear Threat HIS 145 Living under the threat of nuclear war would have been a very scary and unimaginable event‚ especially in the 1950s. Terrorism is another very dangerous threat‚ but it is different in its own. Living under the threat of nuclear war was a scary time for Americans. The media had to curve the tension people thought by making a television cartoon to enhance people to think they were save as long as they followed a few rules. Society in that period
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During the last century‚ nuclear power has been established as a reliable source of energy in the major industrialized countries. Nuclear power plants provide about 17 percent of the world’s electricity. In the United States‚ nuclear power supplies about 15 percent of the electricity overall. Although no new plants are scheduled to be built in the United States‚ nuclear power is growing to be a popular producer of power. It has recently enjoyed a revival in attention and research due to the environmental
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