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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BHOPAL GAS TRAGEDY: NEGLIGENCE OF THE GOVERNMENT. “Union Carbide Corporation (UCC) vs. Union Of India (UOI)” case took place in 1987. The main legal principle used in the judgement of this case was Section 304 A, that talks about negligence and death caused by negligence. It wasn’t just UCC’s fault, but also the government’s, however, I would like to throw more emphasis on the negligence on the government’s part . The government acted irresponsibly in many ways. Firstly, the government prevented
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The concept of risk is the probability of an unwanted event which may or may not occur. Risk assessment is the overall process of identifying all the risks to and from an activity and assessing the potential impact of each risk. BBC News website, Radioactive warning on Fife beach read at [1] on 14 May 2006 - Sepa has been carrying out a risk assessment at the bay and now wants a detailed investigation to be carried out. The determination of the potential impact of an individual risk by assessing
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Decisions in Paradise, Part 1 Not every vacation dreamland is what it is all cracked up to be. The Kava Island is one of these places that I am talking about. The inhabitants on the island of Kava are going through very tough times right now. The company with whom I am now working with works in the pharmaceutical field, and I will help them come up with how they as a company can help in the restructuring area on the island of Kava. Identifying problems of the Kava people as well as coming up with
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effects of an overheated nuclear reactor. It can lead to a huge nuclear meltdown such as the Chernobyl disaster in Ukraine, killing thousands and affecting millions. It can also have a much more minimal effect, still being very serious. A minimal overheating of reactor number three is exactly what happened at the Oconee Power Plant last Tuesday. This report will reveal the causes for this disaster. While not trying to blame anything or anyone for this occurrence, it is important to know how it occurred
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Hurricane Katrina changed the way United States viewed floodplain management and flood risk management. The Great Mississippi River Flood of 1993 produced the highest economic damages of the century, killing over 130 people, costing over $20 billion dollars in flood damages. Hurricane Katrina caused over a million people to lose homes, jobs, and took over 1300 lives. It has been estimated the restoration of the communities and some level of flood protections will exceed over $100 billion dollars
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| MANAGEMENT | COURSE : Diploma in Business Administration | CODE : MGTG2001\V0Rea7LECTURER : MR. Tham Poh Weng | MEMBERS : Ngui Meei Yann Chan Wei Jie Choo Yan Ling Leong Hui Ling Lin Bin Hui | | | | | Objective By analyzing TEPCO as the organization which facing a crisis recently, given us a chance to Study their strengths and weakness and how we are going to assist them in the
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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 to
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Bhopal, located in Madhya Pradesh India was the site of a terrible industrial gas leak that happened on December 3rd, 1984. According to the website by Union Carbide Corporation, they provided help to victims immediately following the incident and followed through on court claims laid out by the India Supreme Court. There were investigations following the event conducted by Union Carbide and the India government that came to the conclusion that water in the tank with methyl isocyanate lead to the
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Alternative Energy Sources Cathy Shaw SCI 201 Dependence of Man on the Environment Instructor: Mohamad Termos 5 November 2012 Over the course of the last 30 years, mankind has fought to prevent global warming from getting out of hand. The green house gases are preventing pollution from entering the earth’s atmosphere. Currently two of the most recognized methods are hydropower and nuclear power. These two could help solve are global warming. Hydropower energy is a renewable resource and
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