Fukushima Nuclear Plant Research Paper

When an 9.0 magnitude earthquake rocked Japan on March 11th, 2011, it was the first of a series of horrific events that Japan would be forced to endure. Many homes, families, properties, and belongings were lost on that day. And when the tsunami rolled over the island, many believed that it was over for them. Not only had people’s lives been put in disarray and desolation, but there had not even been simple necessities available. Food. Water. Communications. And electricity. When the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant had been hit by the earthquake and tsunami, the reactors were shut down and so was the electricity. Over the course of months the reactors suffered, extreme heat, fires, hydrogen explosions, and radiation exposures. At the time,

The Fukushima disaster has totally changed the world’s view on nuclear power, with most countries dropping dependency or completely eliminate it. The total nuclear dependency in the world dropped 10% just a year after what happened at Fukushima. Almost all of the 537 total deaths linked to Fukushima have been caused by radiation poisoning.

Hukushima Nuclear Meltdown is one of the most horrible disasters in modern days. Technology that was meant to benefit human turned against people, changing the nature into the dead land. What I knew about this incident was that the reactor exploded in the nuclear power plant, resulting a critical amount of radioactive particles into the ocean. However, I did not know that there was a film taken in the power plant at the very moment of the disaster. Yesterday, my roommate told me that going into the reactor area in order to shut down the reactor manually was ranked as the most expensive part time job. Payment was 8000 dollars in an hour, but it was risking the life of those who went in. Ironically, there were limited people to get in because

The current energy sources we consume in the US are in need of a change. Dependence on the fossil fuels of oil and coal are hazardous for two important reasons: their undesirable impact on the environment and it has created the economic boom in the US. There is an agreement between the public and experts that nuclear fission is not the answer. The catastrophic meltdown of the Fukushima nuclear plant after an earthquake in Japan provides the proof. The introduction of horizontal drilling by the gas industry combined with successful development techniques of hydraulic fracturing has showcased as a solution to solve these problems altogether. We now gain access to the 100 years ' worth of energy in the form of natural gas underneath the

After Fukushima, the developing of Nuclear energy has been doubted. America proclaims that Nuclear energy is high in cost. Hence, speaking of not only maintaining the plants, they will also need to be inspected and made sure that there are no problems. This all cost money, America claims. It cannot be cost efficient if it need such high levels of management. Nuclear energy is not safe for the environment. Since the Fukushima destruction, America says that even though it may be a more reliable source but it creates hazard for the area because of the unknown damages that could partake. After the natural disaster that happened in Japan where three reactors of the Fukushima Daiichi were hit, it caused a meltdown. Therefore, leading to many damages

The most extreme way to produce power is by nuclear fission. They do this by splitting single atoms, Nuclear Energy Institute states ?Nuclear power plants obtain the heat needed to produce steam through a physical process. This process, called fission, entails the splitting of atoms of uranium in a nuclear reactor. The uranium fuel consists of small, hard ceramic pellets that are packaged in long, vertical tubes. Bundles of this fuel are inserted into the reactor.? Power produced this way also has drawbacks. Producing this kind of power also produces an extreme amount of heat. If the cooling system loses power the reactor temperature rises dangerously high which will then release radiation, causing

In March 2011, the massive tsunami and earthquake hit Japan, and it led to the release of radiation from Fukushima nuclear power station. Since I lived in Korea, the nearest country to Japan, I heard a lot of news about the accident and felt the impact of the disaster quite closely than other countries.

Now when people think of nuclear power plants their first idea to come into mind wouldn’t be safety, and in fact events such as the first nuclear meltdown in Chalk River, Canada and the 1986 meltdown at Chernobyl, Ukraine would scoff at such a suggestion; however not only is nuclear power a safe option for energy, it can be considered a safer option that Coal, Fossil Fuel, and most surprisingly hydroelectric energy. In what I dubbed the “Worst Dam Disaster in History” the Banquio Dam of China flooded, and eventually was destroyed, in August 1975, killing an estimated 171,000. The most liberal estimates of the deaths at Chernobyl are around 4000 deaths. In addition since 1952 there have been 33 meltdowns, less than 1

Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant (NPP) is located in Okuma Town and Futaba Town, Futaba Country, Fukushima Perfecture, facing the Pacific Ocean on the east side. The NPP is supervised and owned by Tokyo Electric Power Company.

Fukushima Daiichi is the prime example of what happens when mother nature decides to pay a surprise inspection of one of mankind’s manmade modern marvels. It doesn’t take a genius to see the benefits of nuclear power. It does take a genius however to engineer a facility that can hold up safely against anything life can throw at it. Since man has focused his attention on nuclear energy as a power source in the mid twentieth century only a handful of major nuclear accidents, or disasters, have occurred. Fukushima Daiichi was among the handful of major nuclear accidents. On the International Nuclear Event Scale (INES), a scale that rates nuclear accidents from 1-7 with seven being the

Nuclear power was the world’s fastest growing form of energy in the 1990’s. However, presently it is the second slowest growing worldwide. Considering that nuclear power accounts for eleven percent of the world’s energy supply, one must ask what happened [Nuclear Power]. Why is it that the growth of nuclear power has almost completely stalled? The simple answer is that after meltdowns such as Three Mile Island and Chernobyl, many people are afraid of nuclear power plants, which causes great opposition to the expansion of the industry. Unfortunately, most people are not well informed about nuclear energy; many do not take the time to view its positives and negatives.

On March 11, 2011 an earthquake that measured 9.3 Richter scale occurred 43 miles of the coast of Northern Japan. This caused tremendous amounts of damage to the island of Tohouku. What happened is the quake initially destroyed buildings and property. However, a tsunami occurred, which devastated the region and the Fukushima nuclear power plant. ("Fukushima Accident," 2012)

This paper will address how the Fukushima Nuclear Power plant violated the following NSPE Canons of Engineering Ethics: holding the paramount of safety, health, and welfare of the public, and avoiding deceptive acts. The misjudgment and underperformance by the engineers during the 2011 Tohoku Earthquake caused a large uproar of rejection towards nuclear power in Japan, which could have been prevented if the engineers had not misconducted before the events.

By far and beyond, widespread catastrophic meltdowns are the cause of the general public’s anxiety when it comes to nuclear power. The most recent major nuclear disaster was at the Fukushima Daiichi Reactor in Fukushima, Japan in 2011 (Simon, 2011). An earthquake-triggered tsunami damaged the reactor and caused a meltdown, as well as a massive hydrogen gas explosion. This explosion vented contaminated steam and radioactive material into the plant’s surroundings, which eventually made its way to nearby ocean currents, prefectures, and countries. With such a largely publicized recent meltdown, the imminent dangers of containment breaches and meltdowns are still fresh in the public’s perception of nuclear power.

As technology advances society’s need for energy grows exponentially. Nuclear energy can help provide the energy that society desperately needs, but there is a lot of controversy around nuclear power. Many people are afraid that potential risks that arise when there is a disaster and the long term health effect of radiation. Others are concerned with the storage practices for radioactive material. These concerns are always prevalent in nuclear discussions and an implicit bias and stigma around nuclear energy especially in the United States. The public’s fear can lead into decisions based only on emotion when controversial decisions should be made with a clear and unbiased mind. It is important that people understand and learn all of the pros and cons of nuclear energy and base their opinions on facts rather than irrational fear.