and nitric acid. When sulfur dioxide and nitrogen oxides are released from power plants and other sources‚ prevailing winds blow these compounds across state and national borders‚ sometimes over hundreds of miles. Radon is a cancer-causing radioactive gas. You cannot see‚ smell or taste radon‚ but it may be a problem in your home. The Surgeon General has warned that radon is the second leading cause of lung cancer in the United States today. If you smoke and your home has high radon levels‚ you
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1. Why are nuclear wastes at times said to be a problem which is too complicated to solve? Radioactive wastes are wastes that contain radioactive material. Radioactive wastes are usually by-products of nuclear power generation and other applications of nuclear fission or nuclear technology‚ such as research and medicine. Radioactive waste is hazardous to most forms of life and the environment‚ and is regulated by government agencies in order to protect human health and the environment. Radioactivity
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ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION Efforts to improve the standard of living for humans--through the control of nature and the development of new products--have also resulted in the pollution‚ or contamination‚ of the environment. Much of the world’s air‚ water‚ and land is now partially poisoned by chemical wastes. Some places have become uninhabitable. This pollution exposes people all around the globe to new risks from disease. Many species of plants and animals have become endangered or are now extinct
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government that placed profit before the people’s welfare. The tragedy of bukit merah start In 1979`s when ARE start incorporated‚ ARE seeks the advice of the Tun Ismail Research Centre of the Science‚ Technology and Environment Ministry about radioactive waste produced by processing monazite. It is decided that the waste‚ the property of the Perak state government‚ would be stored with a view to profiting from it as a source of nuclear energy. Three years Later‚ Residents of Parit‚ Perak‚
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The nuclear waste with a difference to industrial waste remains is that nuclear waste remains radioactive for decades. The peak percentage of waste dumping was between 1954 and 1962 with 1% of the total of the entire of radioactive waste that has been thrown into the ocean. There are different options for ocean waste consist of recycling‚ producing lower wasteful products‚ preserving energy and changing the toxic
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Many American’s assume that nuclear waste can be more dangerous than natural radioactive substances already present in the Earth currently. However‚ Richard Muller challenges this assumption in his chronicle “Nuclear Waste” by demonstrating the mathematical differences concerning the half-life of numerous radioactive substances. Basically‚ Muller is warning that “the dangers of storing our waste at Yucca Mountain to be small compared of the dangers of not doing so‚ and significantly smaller than
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Tsunamis become disasters because of the human context in which they occur. Do you agree or disagree with this statement? Use examples of known tsunami events recently and in the past to illustrate your arguments. According to Wisner et al 2004‚ "disasters occur when hazards meet vulnerability‚” implying that in unpopulated areas hazards can not become disasters as there is no vulnerability (Quarantelli E.L. 1998). Without humans being involved‚ tsunamis are nothing but giant waves; they may modify
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Brunswick Corporation (NYSE:BC Brunswick Corporation (Brunswick) is a worldwide designer‚ manufacturer and marketer of recreation products‚ including marine engines‚ boats‚ fitness equipment and bowling and billiards equipment. Brunswick’s engine products include outboard‚ sterndrive and inboard engines; trolling motors; propellers; engine control systems‚ and marine parts and accessories. The Company’s boat offerings include fiberglass boats; sportfishing convertibles and motoryachts; offshore
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controversial topic that accompanies the question of whether nuclear energy is‚ overall‚ a good idea. The question of where and how to store the radioactive waste that follows nuclear energy production has been at the heart of concerns with the energy source. The best way to store nuclear waste remains an open question‚ as the world seeks to deal with the radioactive waste it is currently storing in above-ground facilities‚ which are generally considered less safe than deep underground storage facilities
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lightning‚ but also by human negligence or arson. They can burn thousands of square kilometers. Hazardous materials Radiation contamination When nuclear weapons are detonated or nuclear containment systems are otherwise compromised‚ airborne radioactive particles can scatter and irradiate large areas. Not only is it deadly‚ but it also has a long-term effect on the
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