Nuclear Disasters and Accidents Introduction: One of the scariest things about nuclear power is when something goes wrong and an accident occurs. Radiation is released into the environment and people get hurt. Two of the most famous nuclear accidents occurred at the Three Mile Island reactor 2 in the United States and the Chernobyl reactor 4 in the former Soviet Union. In this text we will discuss these two disasters‚ along with correcting a few common misconceptions about nuclear accidents. The
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ASSIGNMENT 1 TITLE:BHOPAL DISASTER DATE: 30 NOVEMBER 2009 1. Abstract The night of 3rd December marked an industrial disaster when more than 40 tons of methyl isocyanate gas leaked from a pesticide plant in Bhopal‚ India that instantly led to the death of approximately 3‚800 people and causing permanent injuries for thousands more. The company involved shamelessly tried to avoid its legal responsibility. Nonetheless‚ a sum of $470 million was paid as compensation‚ a considerably small amount in
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Electric Car Vs Gasoline car Nowadays‚ people are very crazy about having a car and the present scenario provide them with different kind of power transmission engines‚ however‚ the engines based on electrical and gasoline are common. In electrical transmission vehicle‚ there is a set of batteries that provides electricity to the motor. The engine then turns a transmission‚ which turns the wheels. In gas-powered car there is a fuel tank‚ which supplies gasoline to the engine and the engine gives
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Pick n Pay Stores Ltd. Fundamental Company Report Including Financial‚ SWOT‚ Competitors and Industry Analysis Date: April 1‚ 2014 Pages: 98 Price: US$ 499.00 ID: P001A08147CEN Pick n Pay Stores Ltd. Fundamental Company Report provides a complete overview of the company’s affairs. All available data is presented in a comprehensive and easily accessed format. The report includes financial and SWOT information‚ industry analysis‚ opinions‚ estimates‚ plus annual and quarterly forecasts made
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WHAT IS A NATURAL DISASTER A natural disaster is a major adverse event resulting from natural processes of the Earth; examples include floods‚ volcanic eruptions‚ earthquakes‚ tsunamis‚ and other geologic processes. A natural disaster can cause loss of life or property damage‚[1] and typically leaves some economic damage in its wake‚ the severity of which depends on the affected population’s resilience‚ or ability to recover.[2] In 2012‚ there were 905 natural disasters worldwide‚ 93% of which were
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A natural disaster can occurs due to our carelessness. Global Warming is one of the natural disasters that we are facing today. Its effect is due to our carbon emissions (greenhouse gases) from industries. These greenhouse gases are trapped in the atmosphere. Greenhouse gases trapped heat from the sun radiation as well as from the earth. Atmosphere protects the earth to maintain a constant temperature by trapping the heat from the sun. However‚ due to the greenhouse effects‚ it traps heat more than
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Environmental Disaster Who would have known that on April 20th 2010‚ the United States would soon be facing the worst environmental disaster. On that fateful day‚ an offshore oilrig named the “Deepwater Horizon” suffered an explosion. Seventeen people were injured and eleven people died from the accident. The damaged oilrig sank into the Gulf of Mexico the next day‚ and a one-by-five mile oil slick appeared in the ocean. At the time‚ it was unknown whether the oil was from the rig or if the
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DISASTER PREPAREDNESS DURING TYPHOONS Typhoon is a word composed only of seven letters and two syllables yet it attracts attention when heard from news or read from a newspaper article. It creates worries and uneasiness to the receiver’s mind. There are a number of definitions of what typhoon is. According to the website Merriam-Webster.com (2013)‚” Typhoon is a hurricane occurring especially in the region of the Philippines or China Sea.” Typhoon is the term for a natural phenomenon that can
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actively engaged in online communities‚ but what kind of effects are these sites having and how can parents counteract the bad and bolster the positive? The Negative 1. Many students rely on the accessibility of information on social media specifically and the web in general to provide answers. That means a reduced focus on learning and retaining information. 2. Students who attempt to multi-task‚ checking social media sites while studying‚ show reduced academic performance (http://viralms.co
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An earth quake can be described as a shaking of the Earth’s crust. It is mainly a movement of the whole crust that originates in the center of the earth. Earthquakes happen when the underlying rock suddenly shakes or breaks off. The moving of the underlying rock causes the surface rocks to slide and‚ as a result‚ leads to the earthquakes. Earthquakes can be extremely disastrous and cause a lot of damage in the place where they happen. The earthquake can happen once or happen as a series. This depends
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