disastrous nuclear accident in Fukushima‚ Japan last year‚ the crisis of a nuclear accident and its consequences has once again become a hotly discussed issue. A nuclear accident is defined by the International Atomic Energy Agency (2008) as "an event that has led to significant consequences to people‚ the environment or the facility. Examples include lethal effects to individuals‚ large radioactivity release to the environment‚ or reactor core melt." The causes of a nuclear accident mainly are nuclear
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It was a wet afternoon. Tom and Sam had arranged to meet up for a basketball game at the nearby basketball court. When they reached the basketball court‚ they were dismayed to find that the basketball court was still wet from the early morning downpour. Initially‚ Sam advised Tom not to play on the wet ground as it was slippery. Tom exclaimed‚ “Don’t worry! Nothing will happen.” Sam then agreed reluctantly. They were playing merrily and were clearly in high spirits. At a time when Sam was about
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My Tragic Story There I was riding the longest wheelie possible last year. In front of my house with my Mom and Dad watching me I was feeling like a pro‚ And then it happened. I was riding the longest wheelie I ever attempted in my 3 year of biking. I rode it from my garage down my driveway then turned out in to the street to the stop sign it was like 2 football fields in length. And all the sudden I lost my balance‚ the front end of the bike came up way to far and I went to step off and I
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Introduction The Brent Spar was a storage buoy‚ commissioned on 1976 for oil storage and subsequent transfer to tankers. It was located in British territorial waters. This buoy belonged to Shell U.K. and Exxon; Shell was in charge of the operations. By 1989‚ Shell U.K. and Exxon finally had an operational pipe line so the Brent Spar was no longer useful. Both decided to decommission the Brent Spar on 1992 and Shell U.K. was going to be in charge‚ being the one who handled operations. Shell U
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INTI INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY COURSE: ENL1214 ENGLISH LANGUAGE SKILLS 2 Assignment 1 (10%) Topic: Your research paper project begins with a fact finding search on some current issue. After you brainstorm about possible subjects and then select one‚ narrow your topic down to a manageable issue. Investigate possible approaches to your chosen topic and map out your strategy. Your final product will be judged on how well you succeed in producing a well thought-out‚ clear paper which shows you can
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There was a race car driver named Jeff .He took a vacation at California beach because he was injured and out of races for a few days and when he was driving on the beach he hit Something. the impact flattened his tire.jeff went to the mechanic and got a new wheel for his car. Jeff went back to see what he hit and it was a piece of metal sticking out of the ground. Jeff went to his friend’s house. He wanted his friend to come help him and bring a shovel‚and his friend said why‚jeff said
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Having just bought a new bicycle for my birthday‚ I spent that afternoon practicing my stunts. I called my neighbour who is also my best friend to accompany me into a multi-storey car park adjacent to my block of flats. The place was deserted and cars seldom entered and left in the afternoon. I and my friend‚ Stamford‚ thought it was safe to try my stunts. Pedalling furiously‚ we zoomed up the slope. When we reached the top‚ I spun around on one wheel and zoomed down again. Stamford did the same
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MarketOptimizer.org adds report “Vascular Dementias Global Clinical Trials Review‚ H2‚ 2014” to its store. Vascular dementia or "multi-infarct dementia" is dementia caused by problems in the supply of blood to the brain‚ typically by a series of minor strokes. Vascular dementia is the second most common form of dementia after Alzheimer’s disease (AD) in older adults. Multi-infarct dementia (MID) is thought to be irreversible and it is caused by a number of small strokes or sometimes a large stroke
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investigation of any death is a vital and important process that involves different exporters to find the truth through scientific evidence. A particular investigation that we will be examining is the death of a pedestrian from a ‘hit and run’ accident. Although car accidents are not a major cause of death‚ they are quite a lot of cases and they are always very tragic. This investigation will investigate a deliberate ‘hit and run’ where the pedestrian experienced tertiary impact‚ causing many fatal injuries
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Another fatal workplace accident! In another gory accident involving heavy equipment‚ the Star reported on Sunday‚ 2nd June 2013 – “Westport forklift operator crushed to death by container.” The incident occurred at the Westport Industrial area when the 10-tonne machine toppled forward and its load crushed the forklift roof and the driver‚ who was a foreign worker. This was another workplace accident in the Klang Valley (50 kilometres from Kuala Lumpur) within the last two weeks. Initial reports
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