Fukushima Synthesis Essay

The Fukushima Daiichi power station was affected on March 11, 2011, by an earthquake and tsunami. The next day, leakage of radioactive materials were found. The steam was filled in the building by the core meltdown caused by dysfunction of the cooling system. Radioactive materials released into the environment, the government issued evacuations for residents within 20km

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,

Event 1. When visiting Aisha Fukushima event on “Story Telling” it was very enjoyable. She mainly talked about the importance of being expressive. She told us to live in the moment and it’s important to express our emotions. It made me think of Paul D Miller, which he talks about how artists express their emotions by the music they create. From the event I understood that hip-hop is very expressive because there is no specific way to perform hip hop, but there are multiple different ways. Towards the end Aisha told the audience that it’s important to write because it releases emotions of a person.

While the immediate threat of nuclear war has diminished since the end of the Cold War, nuclear threats remain an imminent concern to be prepared for. Recent events, such as the Fukushima nuclear plant disaster, show us that although the possibility of ICBMs raining down may be less there is still a need to be ready for nuclear radiation.

Recently, the deserted Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant has been emanating an alarming amount of radiation. Kyodo of Japan Times reported that the radiation reading has reached its highest level since its emergence in March 2011 (Kyodo, 2017). As a result, there is a greater presence of air and water pollution in Fukushima that could easily spread to surrounding areas. Therefore, it seems appropriate that in an interview with the Washington Post, radio-ecology expert Tom Hinton stated Fukushima is “an area that is among the most radioactively contaminated in the world” (as cited in Andrews, 2016). This resurgence has generated conspiracy theories, false maps and, interestingly, little news coverage. While many across different continents

A huge earthquake with size of 8.9 has struck the northeastern coast of Japan on March 11, 2011. It was the fourth greatest in present recorded history. The few minutes of earthquake trigged massive tsunami, as high as thirty meters destroying 500 kilometers of Japan northeastern coast. Effect of the earthquake and tsunami incited a nuclear disaster in one of the few nuclear power plants along the eastern coast—Fukushima Daiichi, had and worked by the Tokyo Electric Power Company (TEPCO). The Fukushima Daiichi plant consolidated six nuclear reactors, three of which were in operation, with the rest encountering routine upkeep. All reactors close down successfully immediately imitating the

The oceanic pollution that resulted from the discharge of radioactive materials following the accident at the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station was a concern not only for the coastal population of Fukushima, but also for countries facing the Pacific Ocean. This called for rapid clarification of the actual dispersal situation by oceanic monitoring, but there were limits to collect water samples by ships, and it was difficult to gain an adequate understanding.

According to a new study, gathered by the researchers from Costas Synolakis of the USC Viterbi School of Engineering and Utku Kânoğlu of the Middle East Technical University in Turkey who went through all the reports about Fukushima’s disaster in 2011, the nuclear disaster should have never happened. During the research the found design problems, saying: “…the diesel generators as the linchpin of a future disaster. Fukushima Daiichi was a sitting duck waiting to be flooded.”

Then the question came up that how did the natural disaster occurred, man-made hazards with high technology, and heighten the risk to environmental health. Acceding to the Implications of the Fukushima Nuclear Disaster: Man-Made Hazards, Vulnerability Factors, and Risk to Environmental Health, first of all, the earthquake and tsunami exceeded estimations. Many international sources suggested that secondary technological is needed in order to estimate that incident. This Fukushima incident involved the first ever reactor core melt occurred by earthquake and tsunami. Since Fukushima is north part of japan by the ocean, many fish market and dealer were there, however, people started buying from them because of radiation. Radiation makes affect not only human. It is also effect environment and natural animals such as fishes. If you eat affected fish you will also get effect of radiation. The Fukushima disaster became a public debate emerge over the future desirability of nuclear power in Japan. Despite the growing anti-nuclear sentiment and concerns about the environmental risks of nuclear power, we contend that the continuing power of vested

The nuclear technology debate returns. Narrations about nuclear power in post-Fukushima Japanese and Western films

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

When Fukushima was destroyed, alarms were raised about whether or not the food fish stocks in the Pacific would be harmed. A map was recently released of the spread of the radioactive particles since the nuclear plants demise in 2011. It was shown that the areas where North America raises salmon, oysters, and other vital food fishes were critically affected by the radioactivity. Tests were done on the fish stocks of the affected areas, and it was shown that these animals had trace amounts of Strontium in their flesh.

In March of 2011, a massive earthquake near Japan caused large tsunamis to wreak havoc on the homes, stores, and nuclear power plants at Fukushima, Japan. The tsunamis caused some of the emergency reactors that were keeping boiling, radioactive water cooled in the Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear power plant to fail resulting in hydrogen explosions and the release of several different radioactive isotopes into the water and surrounding air. As a result of this incident there have been numerous health and environmental issues occurring in the area surrounding Fukushima as well as places all over the world. Some of these effects includes radioactive tuna being distributed in the marketplaces in Saudi Arabia (Alkhomashi et al., 2015). There have also been symptoms of depression in mothers with infants (Goto et al., 2015). This issue is important because it is seen as the second largest radioactive accident of all time next to Chernobyl.

On March 11th, 2011, the northern section of Japan was hit by a 9.0 magnitude earthquake, followed by a 15 meter tsunami, causing the death of over 15000 people. (Spacey) Even though the earthquake and the tsunami caused a tremendous amount of deaths in the northern region of Japan, the meltdown of the Fukushima nuclear power plant caused a severe damage to northern Japan’s ecosystem that people still cannot go back to their homes; despite it is 4 years after the disaster. After the earthquake, the tsunami destroyed the power supply used by Fukushima’s three nuclear power stations, causing severe levels of meltdown to be occurred inside the reactors in the timespan of 3 days. It was not until 2 weeks after the tragedy, when the reactors were finally stabilized, and took several months to approach what is called a “cold shutdown condition”, in which the fission in the reactors are completely stopped.(Fukushima A)

Large solar plants occupy a vast area of land and threaten wildlife because one square kilometer is needed to produce 40 megawatts of energy from solar power.4 British scientists are attempting to improve the effectiveness of photovoltaic cells by utilizing “copper indium diselenide and cadmium telluride to find an affordable and more sustainable way to make solar panels to convert light energy into electricity.”5