Chapter 1: Introduction 1.1 PURPOSE OF PROJECT To quantify the long term health risk for the general population exposed to radiation by the Fukushima-Daiichi Nuclear disaster in the aftermath of the 2011 Great Eastern Japan Earthquake and Tsunami. 1.2 BACKGROUND On the 11th March 2011, following a magnitude 9 earthquake in the Pacific, a fifteen meter tsunami hit Honshu, the main island of Japan, killing over 19,000 people and damaging the Fukushima-Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant. Over the following
Advancements in Radiation Therapy Imagine seeing a figure laying there on the examining table, and seeing the body prepping to receive radiation beams. That is just a little of how a day in the life of a radiation patient goes. To better explain radiation therapy it is simply a cancer treatment that uses high doses of radiation designed to dispatch cancer cells and shrink tumors. In Brave New World, Aldous Huxley, conveys that “In order for a utopian society to achieve a state of stability, a loss
succeeded in building the atomic bomb first. Two atomic bombs were used; a uranium bomb on Hiroshima and a plutonium bomb on Nagasaki. Along with the many deaths were six stages of A-bomb illness which includes acute stages, atomic bomb trauma, A-bomb radiation illness, radiation blood injury at lethal dosage, blood injuries, and secondary radiation illness. Seven unhealed scars were also an effect of the atomic bombs that includes keloids, A-bomb cataracts, leukemia, cancers, chromosome changes, exposure
Radiation Safety By Sean Trosper In requirements for AVIA 5103 Aviation Safety Program Development Michelle Crom, M.S. Table of Contents 1. Abstract 2. Discovery of Radiation 3. Health Effects of Radiation 4. Fukushima 5. Radiation Sources 6. Aircrew Radiation Exposure 7. Natural Ways to Reduce Radiation in Your Body 8. Conclusion Abstract This paper goes over radiation safety precautions and all the health risk dealing with radiation. I will discuss the discovery of radiation
decision of dropping atomic bombs is inhumane and unjustified for the massive loss of Japanese lives. Including that soon the Japanese were going to surrender without bombs. Most importantly, how the bombing of its short and long-term effects of radiation on Japan. To begin, President Truman’s decision of dropping atomic bombs is inhumane and unjustified for the massive loss of Japanese lives. On The Atomic Bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, the total casualties of Hiroshima were 135,000 and Nagasaki
controversial dispute in the past decades and still remain a prominent issue in our world today. Prior to their execution in Hiroshima and Nagasaki, nuclear bombs detonate for the purpose of testing and demonstration over thousands of times, causing radiation and threatening environmental damage. Nathaniel Hawthorne’s short story “The Birthmark” emphasizes the dangers of unregulated science, as
8:15 a.m August 6, 1945 the atomic bomb was dropped above Hiroshima, killing estimate of 140,000 men, women, and children. Another 10,000 more died from radiation poisoning and survivors suffered from serve burns from the heat. Three days later another bomb was dropped on Nagasaki, killing some 40,000 instantly and several thousand more from radiation. Even with all this consequences a major question is still debated today. Was it moral to drop the atomic bombs on Japan to save American soldier lives
Is Using the Atomic Bomb Ethical? In August of 1945, two nuclear bombs were dropped on Japan, consequently, killing tens of thousands of civilians due to radiation, burns, or turning them immediately into ash. The monstrous bomb sneaks up on innocent civilians and rips their life from them in one foul swoop. The Atomic bomb kills masses of people at one time, but can also save masses of people’s lives from the ongoing war. Herein lies the conflict, since the nuclear bomb is extremely lethal, but
topic of my research paper is radiation caused illness and I chose this topic because of the radiation leak in Fukushima, Japan due to the massive earthquake and tsunami. Nearly 20,000 people were killed by the devastating earthquake and tsunami. Although there were no deaths connected with the radiation leak, there is much concern over its long-term effects. I was eager to find out how the radiation leak would affect the citizens in that area over a period of time. Radiation injury is interesting to
The dropping of the atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki in August of 1945 had caused substantial damage and countless of lives lost. People had continued to suffer, whether if it was from radiation injuries or rebuilding their lives, even years after the tragic events. In Kenzaburo Oe’s anthology The Crazy Iris and Other Stories of the Atomic Aftermath, is comprised of short stories written by people who experienced and witnessed the events. They retell of their actual experience or re-create