Do you remember the huge nuclear accident that happened in Japan 6 years ago in 2011? This disaster is said to be the world’s second worst after the 1986 Chernobyl tragedy‚ brought about the closure of all of Japan’s 44 working reactors‚ responsible for producing nearly a third of the national energy output (Documentary Director to RT). This incident killed over 1300 people in Japan‚ and some people are still suffering from diseases‚ such as radiation-caused cancer. Also‚ Naoto Kan‚ a former Japanese
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Nitin Jacob A40531878 ESA 320 Film Paper December 6‚ 2011 The China Syndrome – Nuclear Power Plant Throughout my life I have always been interested in the theatre. I have enjoyed all types and forms of theatre. I have been too many plays and I have even attended an opera. My favorite form of theatre however is in the form of movies. The movies have been an escape from reality for me. It allows me to enter a world of fantasy and action‚ while being in a relaxed state of mind. I think
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On Friday March 11‚ 2011‚ at 2:46 pm a 9.1 magnitude shook the entire coast of Japan causing mass destruction and a deadly tsunami. Over 20‚000 deaths‚ 2000 missing‚ and thousands of houses destroyed has been the direct effect of these two natural disasters. (1) To this day over 230‚000 people haven’t returned to their old homes or villages. Japan faces these types natural disasters very often. In Japan Earthquakes and Tsunamis are very common. There is a tremor or mini earthquake in Japan every
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The Fukushima Nuclear Plant The Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant was built in Okuma‚ Fukushima‚ to provide Japan with electricity. The plant consists of six nuclear reactors that were built during different times in the 1970s. The reactors were built close together primarily because finding a new location would make a new reactor very expensive‚ compared to the addition of a new reactor. The plant was constructed near the sea because nuclear plants consumes massive amount of waters just
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The undisclosed dangers of electronic nicotine delivery systems‚ also known as electronic cigarettes‚ pose a huge risk to our cutters and our people. E-Ciggs‚ as they are commonly referred to in the fleet‚ use lithium ion batteries to deliver the vapor and nicotine mix to the user. To date‚ there have been eight cases in the United States Navy‚ two of which resulted in a fire fighting team being used to extinguish the fires. The devices are not rugged enough to handle the abuse of the environment
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Japan has poor resources such as they do not have oil (Drash‚ 2011). Also‚ coal was running out and natural gas had finished in the 1950s (Drash‚ 2011). According to the international Atomic Energy that Fukushima classified on the agency scale as a grade 7 accident‚ which was in the same grade as Chernobyl accident‚ but a few number on the agency’s scale (After Fukushima: Enough Is Enough‚ n.d.). The shaking of the earth in the east of Japan on 11 March 2011. This earthquake caused a powerful tsunami
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This work contains SCI 207 Week 4 Assignment Nuclear Power Sociology - General Sociology Assignments 1. Due by Day 7 . Nuclear Power . All energy sources have drawbacks. Even the clean hydropower option has negative ramifications. Weigh those against the possible consequences of developing nuclear power‚ a controversial alternative to fossil fuels. Discuss the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster as well as the 20th century Chernobyl nuclear meltdown in drawing conclusions about risk versus
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The negative impacts of nuclear energy I. Introduction: As non-renewable sources are falling deficient‚ people turn to alternatives instead‚ including wind energy‚ solar energy‚... Another energy industry has also developed when scientists find the way to bombard the atom to release the energy stored inside‚ which is called nuclear energy. The great finding of this alternative source has turned a new leaf on human life. Despite its amazing benefits‚ nuclear energy has posed as a threat‚ [negatively]
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Title: I Have Walked a Thousand Miles Author: Gerda Weissmann Klein Genre:Non-Fiction Number of pages: 261 The book I Have Walked a Thousand Miles‚ by Gerda Weissmann Klein‚ is a very touching book‚ that almost made me come to tears. Through this book‚ you can tell the hardships that the Jews went through during the Holocaust. This book mainly focuses on a brave and strong thirtneen-year old girl named Elli‚ who is sent to Auschwitz with her family. She has to face many terrible challenges
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“Lines Composed a Few Miles above Tintern Abbey‚” by William Wordsworth‚ is a romantic poem that uses natural landscapes to induce an individual’s sublime emotional states. Sublime‚ according to Edmund Burke‚ is a profound emotional state experienced when someone is close to wild or dangerous events‚ but not directly in the path of danger. Carl Grosse‚ however‚ criticizes this definition and argues that danger only paralyzes the emotions and blocks sublime from emerging. By juxtaposing society with
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