...The essay "Nuclear Waste", by Richard A. Muller is a compelling essay because the evidence he provided has supporting facts. He explains how the nuclear waste is disposed and how to keep the waste safe. Muller states that it can take more than 13 billion years for the radioactive to decline. Even a waste leak into the water, the danger is still 20 times less harmful. Muller provides us with his strong opinion how nuclear waste is an issue to the world. The main point of this essay is regarding the Nuclear Waste which is one of the highly radioactive waste products. Richard states that the Nuclear waste is 1000 times stronger than the original ore and it needs to be kept safe for 10,000 years. Muller states that it will cost billions of dollars...
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...Controversy over Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (WIPP) shipments Axia College of University of Phoenix COM 125 Utilizing Information in College Writing Tasha Tillman September 17, 2006 Controversy over Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (WIPP) shipments When someone says the word nuclear or radioactive most people panic and are scared to death. Would one be safer transporting a trailer loaded with 9,000 gallons of gasoline or would the same person be safer transporting a loaded trailer of transuranic (TRU) waste? Therefore, transporting any commodity can be as safe as the driver transporting the commodity or the opposing traffic makes the situation. With the continued controversy over the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (WIPP) site, the Department of Energy (DOE) has continued to transport transuranic (TRU) waste from different sites around the U.S. to the world’s first repository for radioactive waste. This paper will explain what the WIPP site does and where WIPP is located. Will explain the birth of the program and why. Will explain what TRU waste is. Will explain what the process of disposal is from birth to the grave. Will show what the public has to say about the program. Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (WIPP) is the world's first underground repository licensed to safely and permanently dispose of TRU waste left from the research and production of nuclear weapons. After more than 20 years of scientific study, public input, and regulatory struggles, WIPP began operations...
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...Essay on Water Pollution Water pollution has become an issue of great concern in our society. Many of today’s water ecosystems and drinking water are being polluted and destroyed as we speak. There are many types of water ecosystems such as oceans, rivers, lakes, and ponds witch provide homes to many different organisms. There are overwhelming factors that contribute to the problems of water pollution such as sewage, radioactive wastes, improper disposal of trash on land, and careless beachgoers. These are all significant problems that people do not realize until all of the damage is done. There are very few methods of controlling this pollution and more need to be developed in order to try and control these problems immediately. The first few causes of water pollution include sewage and nutrients from fertilizers being dumped into water. This causes a problem for all the organisms because the nutrients cause the algae and water plants to grow to abnormally large sizes. This can eventually block waterways. As the wastes decompose it uses up oxygen and blocks the flow of water in natural rivers and streams. Also, as these nutrients decompose in the water, they use up oxygen which can harm all the organisms living in the environment. Fish and other organisms living in water need oxygen just as much as humans need it. Since all aquatic organisms depend on oxygen in the water, without a sufficient supply they will not be able to survive. This would be a very dangerous thing. Anything...
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...The Chernobyl Disaster Misty Schworn Post-1945 History FALB11 Sec B DeVry University The Chernobyl Disaster The Chernobyl Disaster happened on April 26th 1986. It was described as the most horrifying environmental disaster in the world. Chernobyl was an obscure town in the north central Ukraine. The plant was located fifteen kilometers northwest of Chernobyl. The world first learned of the accident from Sweden, where unusually high radiation levels were noticed at one of the At 1:23 am technicians at the Chernobyl Plant took some erroneous actions that will impact the course of Soviet events without exaggeration. Human error is what basically caused the disaster. These operators of the fourth unit slowly allowed power in the reactor to fall to low levels as part of a controlled experiment gone wrong. “The purpose of the test was to observe the dynamics of the RMBK reactor with limited power flow. Twelve hours after power reduction was initiated, power reached 50 percent. Only one turbine was needed to take in the decreased amount of steam, so no. 2 was turned off. Power was then reduced to 30 percent. One of the operators made a mistake. Instead of keeping power at 30 percent, he forgot to reset a controller, which caused the power to plummet to 1 percent. Now water was filling the core, and xenon built up in the reactor. The...
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...Please rephrase answer 1 and 2. Elaborate answer 3, 4, and 5. I have done it in question-answer format, please write it in essay style. Introduction: (u dont have to rephrase the introduction) During world war 2, USA dropped atomic bombs on the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki.The first bomb was dropped hiroshima on August 6, 1945. The Japanese still did not surrender so three days later on august 9, 1945 USA dropped another bomb on the city of Nagasaki.(1) Question-answer 1. Statement of the problem What aspects of the topic make it an environmental problem? Answer. The events of August 6 and August 9 can be translated into environmental effects more literally. The blasts caused air pollution from dust particles and radioactive debris flying around, and from the fires burning everywhere. Many plants and animals were killed in the blast, or died moments to months later from radioactive precipitation. Radioactive sand clogged wells used for drinking water winning, thereby causing a drinking water problem that could not easily be solved. Surface water sources were polluted, particularly by radioactive waste. Agricultural production was damaged; dead stalks of rice could be found up to seven miles from ground zero. In Hiroshima the impact of the bombing was noticeable within a 10 km radius around the city, and in Nagasaki within a 1 km radius. (2) 2. Historical basis of the problem. When did the problem start? Where? What...
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...The decline and deterioration of water quality occurs when the amount of water is overstretched. This mainly effects on the areas such as wastewater treatment of household and industrial water, water recycling for health care system (Rivett, 2011). In the other hand, the status of the lack of infrastructure and because of their age these are originally occur with the discharge of contaminated waste liquid and solid directly to the surrounding environment and which find their way into surface water or groundwater(Grand-Clement at el.,...
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...Discursive essay Was it the right decision to hold the Olympic Games 2020 in Tokyo? It was a real triumph for the whole Japan, as the Japanese capital, Tokyo, was picked by members of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) to host the Olympic Games in 2020, beating out rival cities. Millions of Japanese are happy with this decision and they are sure the world biggest sport event will give them a new hope, which will lead the country to a new level. On the other side, there are a lot of people disappointed by this choice, because of a high probability of danger both for the participants of the Olympiad and for the fans, as environmental disaster occurred on the island state. Although the ecological situation and safety problem are to be solved yet, the choice to carry out Olympics in Japan’s capital is good in all aspects. The main reason to host the Olympics in Tokyo is that Japan is reliable in economic and financial terms. Firstly, it’s the world's second largest developed economy and is often ranked among the world's most innovative countries according to the International Monetary Fund, and has already banked a $4.5bn reserve fund for 2020. Secondly, Tokyo’s government projects that the Games will generate $30 billion in economic benefits for Japan—and that, it is said, is a conservative estimate since it calculates only direct spending on the Olympics. One of the ideas is to boost domestic consumption, helping wrest the country from a couple decades of debilitating...
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...The Uncertainty and Disadvantage of Nuclear Power NE 471 Dr.Chang South Carolina State University ANTRON CALDWELL ABSTRACT The future global economy is likely to consume increasing amounts of energy considering the increasing demand for cheap, clean and reliable energy from developing countries such as India and China. Though there are technologies capable of supplying this energy these energy sources come at the expense of increased ozone damaging CO2 emissions. CO2 emissions are believed to be a significant contributor to the rise in the average temperature of the Earth’s climate known as global warming. In the United States electric power plants emit about 2.2 billon tons of carbon dioxide (CO2) each year, which is about 40% of the nation’s total carbon emissions (NRDC, 2014). It is generally accepted by climate scientist that if annual carbon emissions are not reduced by at least 80% by the year 2030 then there will be an increase of greater than 2°C (35.2°F) which is considered an acceptable safe level or approximately 4°C (39.2°F) by the year 2100 in the Earth’s climate temperature (Carrington, 2013). These increases in the Earth’s temperature would be catastrophic, however measures taken by the government through the Clean Air Act to regulate emissions from stationary and mobile sources, and groups such as the National Resource Defense Council (NRDC) have somewhat reduced the emissions from stationary sources such as power plants and mobile sources such...
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...Effect Essay Water pollution is a global plague that affects the people, animals, and plants. These life forms need water to survive. The causes are contributed greatly by the human population. Recently, laws have been passed to protect the precious drinking waters. Although they are in effect, most are ignored or loop holes have been found by major corporations so the can still "legally" dump harmful waste near water supplies. There are several factors that causes water pollution. One of the reasons that the water pollution problem is so severe is that it is not actually illegal to dump pollutants into water bodies. Sewage, sludge, garbage, and even toxic pollutants are all dumped into the water. Often, governments either do not care or simply look the other way. Across the world, about half of all sewage is dumped into water bodies in its original form. No efforts are made to disinfect the sewage or to remove especially harmful pollutants. Even if sewage is treated, problems still arise. Treated sewage forms sludge, which is sent out into the sea and dumped. Many cities and countries dump sewage out at sea. Often, they place it not far from their own coastline, often killing all the sea wildlife in the dumping area. In addition to sewage, chemicals dumped by industries and governments are another major source of water pollution. Raymond Furon could not believe his finds when he tested a river used by a reservation as a main source of water and food. "Radioactive toxic...
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...A. Identify one country in Eastern Asia (e.g., Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea, Macau, Taiwan, or Mongolia) to be the focus of your essay. I chose Japan as the focus of my essay. In addition to being a lovely country with rich history, Japan is also a hub of business, producing great art, fantastic video games, cars, computers, and other electronics, a few examples among many business avenues that can be found in Japan. There is likely something in everyone's life that has roots in Japan in one way or another. B. Identify major cross-cultural issues that may impact Company A’s marketing approach in this situation. 1. Describe how the issues you identified may impact the approach Company A takes. Bringing two cultures together is a delicate objective. A challenge that is an automatic given is the challenge of communication, with language being the first challenge. It is the most major of cross-cultural issues that may impact Company A's marketing approach in this situation. If one is not fluent in the native language, then a translator is absolutely essential, and it is best to have a translator that is local to the region in which business is to be conducted. Even if one is very fluent in the native language, it's still a good idea to have a translator local to the region to assist with business proceedings. The reason for this is because of a second challenge Company A will encounter in its business endeavor – regional dialect, or lingo. It's not enough...
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...six hundred chemicals including numerous carcinogens and toxins. In this essay I will be explaining why fracking should be stopped. First, the air quality around the fracking sites has become dangerous. The emissions are leaking from wells; the most notable offender being methane which is a greenhouse gas commonly is linked to being a component of global warming. The air has contained chemicals like benzene, sulfur dioxide and hydrogen sulfide. These chemicals have been known to cause lung related issues as well as several types of cancer. In high enough doses these chemicals could cause death, in humans and livestock alike. Volatile organic compounds are released into the atmosphere from the waste fluid produced during fracking. These waste fluids are unsafely left in open air pits to evaporate creating acid rain, ground level ozone and contaminated air. All of these unnatural occurrences are devastating to surrounding communities, and ecological systems. The once pristine fields in Wyoming now have an ozone count higher than LA on its worse days (Jackson 3). The amount of children with asthma has risen from nine to twenty five percent of children in Texas. The ozone levels have been found to cause dangerous changes in the heart, leading to heart attacks (Jackson 4). Another area being damaged by fracking is the land which, in many circumstances is used for agricultural or residential purposes. The waste from the fracking process returns to the surface. When it returns to the...
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...This essay establish the cause and effect relationship between the climatic change and human activity .It also gives the insight that global warming is not only caused by business activity but individuals are also responsible for it. It also outline the individuals responsibility towards saving the earth from global warming. GLOBAL WARMING IS NOT CAUSED BY BUSINESS ACTIVITY ʻ Global warming is too serious for the world any longer to ignore its danger or split into opposing factions on it. ʼ These are the golden words which are spoken by TONY BLAIR in one of his speech dated on Sept 27, 2005. (Blair,2005 ) Global warming means increase in the average temperature of the earth which in turn causes change in climate. (BBC, 2008)The Earth’s atmosphere is covered with a blanket of green house gases (carbon dioxide, methane , water vapour, nitrous oxide and CFC ) .The blanket filters the sun light (UVB radiations ) . When the concentration of these gases increases in the blanket, the temperature also rises. A warmer earth may leads to melting of glaciers, rise in the sea level, and a wide impact on living beings. India‘s annual emission of carbon dioxide is 1.34billion tones. (Filter, Ringward,2008 ) Business activities refer to those economic activities which are connected with production, purchase, sale of goods and services with the main objective of earning profit. Business activities are partially responsible for global warming. Energy is required for heating,...
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...Essay On The Pollution ESSAY The word, 'pollution' means to make dirty. Pollution causes imbalance in the environment. Environmental pollution is a serious problem. Nearly 35 percent of India's total land area is subject to serious environmental pollution. Industrialization has led to urbanization, which has added to the pollution problem. Air pollution is the most dangerous form of pollution. land and water pollution have worsened the situation. Pollution causes several types of harmful disease. We must control pollution for our survival. The word pollution 'pollution', has been derived form a Latin word, 'pollutionem,' which means to make dirty. Pollution is the process of making the environment. i.e. the land, water and air dirty by adding harmful substances to it. Pollution causes imbalance in the environment. This imbalance has threatened the very survival of life. It is a threat to the whole world. Environmental pollution is a serious problem of the industrialized societies. The industrial development and the Green Revolution have adversely affected the environment. People have converted the life supporting systems of the entire living world into their own resources and have vastly disturbed the natural ecological balance. Serious degradation and depletion have been caused thought overuse, misuse and mismanagement of resources to meet the human greed. Environmental pollution is defined as the unfavorable alteration of our surroundings. It is by product of man's...
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...The Prestigious Ocean World Waves hitting against the shore, gulls freely wandering around the sand, and sea creatures swimming liberally above or below the abyss are common characteristics which describe the world of the ocean. However, ocean life is by far too enormous to know its ceaseless evolution. Therefore, the nonscientist should gain knowledge through unbiased interpretations of the sea to know what occurs above the ocean or what it holds in its deeps. In Lost Woods, Rachel Carson attempts to eliminate human perspectives of the sea by entering vicariously into the world of the ocean and its strange creatures. The world of the ocean is filled with incredible forms of life that live instinctively by day and night. Rachel Carson helps us understand this world better through a lyrical piece which demonstrates the ordinary and fantastic lives of sea creatures. “Undersea” paints the non-scientific reader a clear picture of ocean life by interpreting two important themes, “the ancient and enduring ecology that dominates ocean life, and the material immortality that encompasses even the smallest organism” (Lear “Intro to Undersea” 3) But in order to comprehend the different worlds that coexist with each other “we must shed our human perceptions of length and breadth and time and place and enter vicariously into a universe of all pervading water” (Carson “Undersea” 4). Rachel Carson mentions the underwater traveler as an example of a human perception. If the underwater traveler...
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...is the presence of foreign substances (pollutants) in the atmosphere, emitted by industries and motor vehicles that cause damage to living organisms. Air pollution is the leading cause of several diseases. During the past few years, air pollution has emerged as one of the leading causes of death worldwide. Air Pollutants: Air Pollutants refer to the liquids, solids and gases that are not normal constituents of air. Presence of such substances beyond tolerable limits may be hazardous to plant, animal and human life. Air pollutants include oxides of carbon, nitrogen and sulphur, halogenated and non-halogenated hydrocarbons, suspended inorganic particulate matters, inorganic and organic acids, insecticides, bacteria, viruses, etc. Also read: Essay on Environmental Pollution: Causes, Effects and Solution Characteristics: Air pollution characteristics in a particular region are influenced by: * The type and amount of pollutant and their source of emission. * The topographical and meteorological conditions affecting dispersion, concentration and trans-boundary transport of pollutants. * The type of technology and various raw materials used in the manufacturing process and the type and quantum of emissions. * The extent of industrialization and population density. Sources of air pollutants Major sources of air pollution includes both natural sources and man-made source (anthropogenic). A. Natural sources: The natural sources of air pollutants includes volcanic eruptions, forest...
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