The picture beside is a uranium mining in Rabbit Lake, Canada. Our beautiful Earth will be full with this kind of holes if we mine uranium to support the world’s need on uranium. Imagine in the future if we want to change the nuclear to only energy, we will be opening up holes everywhere. We can see that the mining has damaged the original ground, and left a huge footprint. Also, there are no place to address these rock pile. When the uranium tailing are exposed to the environment, any uranium or
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I feel the fate of TMI is at risk, it should be shut down as soon as possible. Many people believe Three Mile Island has many beneficial factors that make this nuclear power plant a reliable source. However, countless studies have shown many of these statements are false. The scientific evidence I collected has shown these nuclear power plants do not dispose radioactive waste properly. Not disposing this harmful waste could hurt the world around us, such as plants, animals and consequently, human
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On March 11, 2011 a magnitude-9 earthquake shook northeastern Japan for 6 whole minutes. Not even an hour later the first of many tsunami waves, reaching up to 128 feet, began crashing onto Japans coastline and traveled as far as 6 miles inland destroying everything in its destructive path. This tsunami not only was the cause for 18,000 deaths, but also the reason for a cooling system failure at the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant which then resulted in a level 7 nuclear meltdown and the release
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So, ladies and gentlemen, dear colleagues, a very good evening on behalf of me too and a very warm welcome to this section of presentations tonight. My name is Thanasis Christou and I’m studying Business Administration at the Athens University of Economics and Business. Tonight I will show you a presentation about Innovation in Japan after the earthquake and the tsunami of 2011. 1 More specifically the purpose of this presentation is to illustrate how some companies in Japan used innovation
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Effects of Fukushima On March 11, 201 the 9.0 magnitude Tohoku earthquake triggered a tsunami off the coast of Japan. This tsunami caused the failure of 3 nuclear reactors at the Fukushima Daiichi I plant, one of the biggest power plants in the world. Since the incident, 400 tons of radioactive water has been dumping daily into the ocean, contaminating sea life as well as the atmosphere. As of 2013 at least 42 commercial fish species from around the area where the spill happened have been deemed
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Dirty Bomb detonates at the Mall of America Robert Capponi HSM320 Erik Stone 16 November 2015 Dirty Bomb detonates at the Mall of America A radiological dispersion device (dirty bomb) has been detonated in the Mall of America in Bloomington, Minnesota on the day after Thanksgiving which is known as “Black Friday”. Black Friday is the biggest shopping day of the year and malls and shopping centers all over the country are severely crowed with people taking advantage
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One of the major topic of concern for mankind is proper management or disposal of radioactive waste. The major source of this waste is industries which which emit radioactive material and which causes adverse impact on living beings. Department of Energy (DOE), The Nuclear Regulatory Commission(NRC) and various other Federal agencies like Enviornmental Protection Agency, The Department of Transportation and the Department of Health and Human Services have a major role in regulating and managing
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The buildings of Russia continue to burn lighting up the night and filling the air with smoke. Land at ground zero are blacked with ash that contains the thousands of people who were obliterated instantly with the detonation of the bomb as well as broken buildings and fallen homes. People cry out when they find a loved one has been killed in the deadly bombing and the world stands with the people of Russia. At approximately 8:30 on October 14th 2025, Korea bombed the capital city of Russia, Moscow
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As if the hysteria of the tsunami striking Japan wasn't enough. 24 hours later horror struck at the Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear power plant. Some might say the horror was caused by the natural disaster; however, it was caused by the owners of the power plant and their negligence towards the situation. According to a report on the disaster it stated the following.’’It was unprepared to face major disaster and government regulators and the Japanese utility that ran if knew for years that the plant
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The Fukushima accident was a compounding disaster that followed a strong earthquake and huge tsunami that left hundreds of thousands dead and unaccountable displaced and some presumed still missing. There have been efforts to rebuild the lives of the affected people by building temporary houses and offering medical help. The current status of reconstruction is providing health and living support, restoration of towns and houses, revising industry and livelihoods and Revitalizing and reconstruction
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