Effects of Chernobyl Disaster On April 26‚ 1986 at 01:23 a.m.‚ an explosion at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant occurred contaminating the surrounding areas with radiation. The result was the world’s worst accident in the history of nuclear power. The effects that this disaster caused were endless. "Nine million people were affected from Chernobyl" (Chernobyl Heart). There were immediate as long as long-term health effects caused by this explosion. There were also many social effects after
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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 that reached the height of approximately
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national government and taxpayers rather than the industry. Costanza explains that this makes judging the value of nuclear power difficult. The author proposes that all forms of energy incorporate their full costs including climate impacts‚ risk of accidents and the safe disposal of waste to determine their true value rather than considering them externalities. Robert Costanza is a University Professor of Sustainability and Director of the Institute for Sustainable Solutions at Portland State University
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Beck‚ M. (2007). Chernobyl: Living with Risk and Uncertainty. Health‚ Risk & Society‚ 8(2)‚ 105-121. The researchers observed the living conditions‚ life style‚ and health of selected people from Chernobyl regions after the atomic power plant accident of Chernobyl in 1986. After the break-up of USSR‚ the support to the residents became variable. Therefore‚ researchers collected a number of essays and qualitative informants with national health experts and focused on six groups of participants
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all the Earth. I’m against the use of nuclear power for obvious reasons such as accidents in the nuclear power plant then in the history had made destruction and death‚ to give the two most famous examples Chernobyl(1986) and Fukushima(2011). The radioactive dust of both this nuclear power plant‚ from Ukraine and Japan‚ arrived even in Italy. The worst thing is that the damages caused by nuclear accidents are not only in the immediate‚ but go on for decades and perhaps centuries in
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types natural disasters very often. In Japan Earthquakes and Tsunamis are very common. There is a tremor or mini earthquake in Japan every 5 minutes. There are over 2000 recorded earthquakes every year. The reason for this is Japan is located on three different tectonic plates: Eurasian plate‚ Pacific plate‚ and Philippine plate. Each time these tectonic plates shift‚ an earthquake
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Manila Hostage Crisis August 23‚ 2010 when Manila Hostage Crisis occurred at Rizal Park‚ Manila‚ it started when the gunman boarded a bus in Manila’s Tourist District Bus‚ he was recognized as Rolando Mendoza. He wore his old uniform and carried a riffle when he asked the tourist bus‚ Hong Thai Travel Bus‚ for a ride. It contains 22 tourist and 3 Filipinos. Rolando Mendoza was said to be discharged from the police force after 31 years of service because of his involvement in an extortion incident
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Have you ever imagined the end of the world? Well keep on reading! Chernobyl was probably the worst nuclear disaster in history. I’m going to take you through what has happened to the animals and the plants in Chernobyl and what is still happening today. The animals of Chernobyl make me regretful because the animals keep dying since of Chernobyl. Imagine not being able to touch your farm animals. There are 31 well known animals in the Chernobyl zone. 6 of them are cannibals‚ 9 of them are omnivores
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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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equipment failures‚ 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
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