The April 1986 disaster at the Chernobyla nuclear power plant in Ukraine was the product of a flawed Soviet reactor design coupled with serious mistakes made by the plant operatorsb. It was a direct consequence of Cold War isolation and the resulting lack of any safety culture. The accident destroyed the Chernobyl 4 reactor‚ killing 30 operators and firemen within three months and several further deaths later. One person was killed immediately and a second died in hospital soon after as a result
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Emergency management (or disaster management) is the discipline of dealing with and avoiding risks. It is a discipline that involves preparing for disaster before it occurs‚ disaster response (e.g.‚ emergency evacuation‚ quarantine‚ mass decontamination‚ etc.)‚ and supporting‚ and rebuilding society after natural or human-made disasters have occurred. In general‚ any Emergency management is the continuous process by which all individuals‚ groups‚ and communities manage hazards in an effort to avoid
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............................................. 1 Unit 1: Course Introduction Introduction ................................................................................................................................ 1.1 Decisions in Emergency Management ...................................................................................... 1.1 Case Study 1.1—Sebring County .............................................................................................. 1.2 Decision Points ........
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Dilemmas in Disaster. What’s a Nurse Manager To Do? Charlotte McKamie Texas A&M Administrative Theories NSG 520 Aune November ‚ 2012 Abstract This paper considers some of the ethical dilemmas that occur during disasters and how the chaos and desperation of those situations effect decision making for nurse managers. Dilemmas in Disaster. What’s a Nurse Manager To Do? In July of 2006‚ two nurses and a doctor were charged with murder as a result of their actions during Hurricane
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nuclear meltdowns and releases of radioactive materials. According to the International Business Times (Australia) "Fukushima is not the worst nuclear accident ever but it is the most complicated and the most dramatic disaster.” (IBT‚ 01) On April 2011 The Nuclear Institute rated the disaster a Level 7 “Major Accident” on the International Nuclear Event Scale. The International Nuclear Event Scale How the reactors were damaged An earthquake of magnitude 9.0 on a Richter Scale initially damaged
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Assess the global role and local impact of multinational companies. A multinational company is often defined as a corporation whose operations and investments are broaden across a number of countries. They are also referred to as transnational companies. Therefore given this definition it would be expected that if a company operates over such a large territory that it would indeed have many effects and impacts‚ locally and globally‚ and its role would also be quite significant as it can have a direct
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Managers’ roles are considerably critical for any kind of organization everywhere in the world. Managers have the responsibility to ensure that employees’ works are done correctly in order to accomplish organization’s goals. This managing process has become very important for an organization by dividing job responsibilities‚ so that the efficiency and effectiveness of tasks are more achievable. For instance‚ a manager is doing all three levels managerial roles at the same time. It’s not impossible
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THE 1976 LOCAL GOVERNMENT REFORM AND PHYSICAL PLANNING DEVELOPMENT IN NIGERIA S. A. Ifaturoti‚ Department of Estate Management‚ Obafemi Awolowo University‚ Ile-Ife‚ Nigeria. Email: addyfax02@gmail.com Mobile Number: +234 706 270 9658 1.0 INTRODUCTION Local governments are an integral part of government. It is similarly the tier of government that is closest to the people being governed‚ and so the most effective means through which higher governments- state and federal- institute their policy
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QEH Working Paper Series – QEHWPS111 Page 1 Working Paper Number 111 Reinventing industrial strategy: The role of government policy in building industrial competitiveness Sanjaya Lall 1 The paper reviews the nature of current globalization and the growing divergence in competitive performance in the developing world. It considers the case for industrial policy‚ contrasting the neoliberal with the structuralist approach. It argues that there is a valid case for selective interventions in overcoming
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VOL 3‚ NO 2 Role and Performance of Government and NGOs in Relief Assistance: A Case Study of 2005 Earthquake61 Khalil Ahmad(Corresponding author) Assistant Professor of Economics University of the Punjab‚ Lahore Tanveer Ahmed Naveed Lecturer‚ Department of Economics University of Gujrat Sami Ullah Lecturer‚ Department of Economics University of Gujrat Tahir Rashid Ph. D. Scholar at Government College University‚ Lahore (Pakistan) Abstract This study investigates the role and performance
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