"Discuss with reference to this BP case study the problems of corporate risk and liability entailed by the factors of uncertainty and lack of reliability of equipment. (in this case the blow-out preventer) State other examples and analyse them. How can companies plan for such contingencies and manage a major disaster when it arises in a damage limitation exercise?" The Deepwater Horizon oil spill of 22 April 2010 is perhaps the most striking example of a corporate disaster due to a company’s lack
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Nuclear technology started being researched in the late 1800’s. The research really didn’t kick off until the late 1940’s during World War II for the use of nuclear power on naval ships making propulsion and electricity, as well as nuclear bombs for use in warfare. There are also other major nuclear evens that also paved the road for nuclear technology. Some of these events include the Cherynoble meltdown, the Three Mile Island meltdown, and most recently the Fukushima Japan flooding of a nuclear
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can scar the landscape for hundreds of years. Consequences such as human, animal and plant deaths and illnesses, destruction of the local environment and contamination of large areas can occur if not managed carefully. You only have to look at the Chernobyl disaster to see what can happen. The explosion alone caused 56 deaths along with the thousands dead from the radiation. The area is still heavily contaminated today and this accident shows how harmful a nuclear disaster can be. Even if Britain
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Nuclear Power Professor: Dr. Timothy Scott Class: Senior Seminar – Environmental Ethics Date: June 9, 2010 By: CT Nguyen History The first successful experiment with nuclear fission was conducted in 1938 in Berlin by the German physicists Otto Hahn, Lise Meitner and Fritz Strassman. During the Second World War, many nations get on the program to develop nuclear energy, focusing first on the development of nuclear reactors. Several nations began their own construction of nuclear
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One of the major environmental impacts the production of technetium-99m can have is from a meltdown of a nuclear reactor. Even though this is a very rare occurrence in history, the damage the meltdown of a reactor can produce is catastrophic and needs to be taken seriously. When a nuclear reactor does not have a viable source to cool it down during nuclear fission, nuclear meltdown will occur. From this nuclear meltdown, major catastrophic events can occur. Radiation leakage from the plant into
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power in the United States with the use of nuclear power in this country. Provide examples of the use of nuclear power in your community or state. •Consider the three major nuclear accidents in the history of the industry: 3-Mile Island (USA), Chernobyl (Ukraine), and Fukushima Dai-Ichi (Japan). What lessons have been learned from these nuclear accidents that can be or have been used to make nuclear power safer? By Saturday, June 22, 2013, post your response to the appropriate Discussion Area.
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With the advanced technologies of the 20th Century came nuclear power and a host of powerful weapons, but also a promising alternative to fossil fuels for the new age of energy demands. In Jeff Goodell’s article, “America’s Nuclear Nightmare”, the topic of injustice for the Nuclear Regulatory Commission and its affiliates is raised. We live in a society where more people are needed to be aware of preventable catastrophes, which is the matter that Goodell brings up. The injustice I refer to is that
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Are Alternative Energy Sources The Answer? Jose Ortiz SCI 207 Bradley Wells April 16, 2012 Since the existence of mankind we have depended on this earth for food, shelter, and water. These are the basic necessities that are required for survival. With one of the necessities taken out of the equation mankind existence would become extinct. Worldwide humans have left an ecological footprint on earth that has made it difficult to sustain itself. Mankind has entered in a race against time trying
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to rely heavily on non-renewable resources, such as coal, and on buying electricity from France. The electricity produced by France is mostly from their nuclear power stations, which are situated close to the German border. If we look back at the Chernobyl disaster, not only parts of Ukraine were affected but many parts of Belarus were affected too. So, if there happened to be a nuclear station accident in France, then, Germany would be affected too. Therefore, in my opinion, Germany has made the decision
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Nuclear Power During a time of hatred, indifference, and excessive pride for one’s country there was a war, a war between the Axis of Evil of WWII the major players being Germany, Italy, and Japan against the United States and its allies. The war caused a lot of deaths and casualties in addition to the destruction of whole cities during the combat. On the morning of August 6, 1945, Hiroshima, Japan was bombed with the most lethal weapon in world history, “The Atomic Bomb.” Not only did this seal
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