________________________________________________________________________ UNIVERSITI TEKNOLOGI MARA TEST 1 ________________________________________________________________________ COURSE : EDP AUDITING COURSE CODE : AUD 370 DATE : FEBRUARY 2013 TIME : 2 HOURS NAME : GROUP : MATRIX NUMBER : SEMESTER : DEC 2012 – APR 2013 INSTRUCTIONS TO CANDIDATES 1. 2. 3. Answer ALL questions. Start each answer on a new page. Do not bring
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8. Summary and conclusion Disasters can be natural such as landslides, earthquakes, floods, road and rail accidents and outbreak of disease. They can be manmade also like chemical, biological and nuclear attacks. In both situations significant social, environmental and economical impactwould occur. Casualties following disasters, and major accidents could escalate very rapidly if necessary preventive methods are not followed. Since such events are sudden and rapid, it is very difficult or may not
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The Three Mile Island Accident changed America largely. The accident happened on March 28, 1979. It all started when reactor number 2 began to melt down. It was caused by many malfunctions. Although, the weirdest part of the meltdown was that a movie called “The China Syndrome.” The movie was about a nuclear meltdown. The 2 things go together nearly perfect. There are many similarities and differences between the accident and the movie. The following will be about info on The Three Mile Accident
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People have turned to using nuclear power, however, when reactors malfunction, they negatively affect the environment and the human race. Fukushima and Chernobyl are examples of reactors malfunctioning and affecting the world around them. While both were rated a seven out of seven on the International Nuclear and Radiological Event Scale (INES), they had drastically different causes and effects. In 1986, workers conducted a test on the unit four reactor without taking necessary safety precautions
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I believe that the future nuclear power plant in the East Pennsboro Township, should not be built. The current effects of both the Chernobyl and Fukushima nuclear power plants are something to consider before the construction of this power plant. While TMI was safely decommissioned, we learned during TMI’s years of service that accidents can happen and the disadvantages still outweigh the advantages of nuclear energy. As you know the chain reaction caused a meltdown and radiation leak throughout
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there was for whatever reason. The people who think there were deaths think the government is hiding it from the world. The Three Mile Island incident caused 2.8 million dollars in property damage. This was also a five out of seven on the scale for disasters. Because of the Three Mile Island there was an American protest that succeeded 65,000 Americans including the Governor of California. The rally was held in the National Capital of Washington D.C. Before that rally there was a rally that had approximately
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Allison Garcia Mrs. Kerr Honors Chemistry 2 January 2016 Fukushima Nuclear Meltdown On Friday, March 11th, 2011, an earthquake occurred about 130 km offshore the city of Sendai. From how severe it was, the earthquake was named the Great East Japan Earthquake. It was devastating, having a magnitude of 9.0, and it was also a very rare “double quake”, making the duration last a destructive three minutes. The earthquake was so severe that the whole country of Japan actually moved a few meters east,
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Consider in Mainstreaming Disaster Management Name: Institution: Date: A disaster is an unforeseen event causing great loss in a community or society. It involves a widespread human, material, economic or environmental losses and impacts. These impacts exceed the ability of the affected community or society to cope using its resources. Disaster management is an effort of the people to either prevent disasters, mitigate the effects or recover from disasters. These disasters are either man-made,
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Power Company (TEPCO). The disaster escalated by triggering a series of power and equipment failures, explosions, nuclear meltdowns and release of radioactive material. The disaster was regarded as a manmade disaster which could have been avoided with appropriate human response as stated by the chairman of NAIIC, Professor Kiyoshi Kurokawa (Bloomberg, 2012). TEPCO lacked a sense of responsibility to ensure safety and protection to the people effected by the disaster. The nuclear incident was
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Disaster Risk Management Hydrometeorological hazards such as floods, droughts and tropical cyclones afflict many regions of the world, but their impact in terms of lives lost and livelihoods disrupted tends to fall most heavily on the poor in developing countries. Climate change threatens to heighten these impacts in many areas, both by changing the frequency and/or intensity of extreme events and by bringing changes in mean conditions that may alter the underlying vulnerability of populations to
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