The Destruction Of Fukushima

“We may not be suited to this planet, our mind not attuned enough to understand where we live, “ (Pineda, 2012, p. 57). Cecile Pineda, who is the award-winning author of Devil’s Tango: How I Learned the Fukushima Step by Step, puts into question the human suitability of this planet. Having been published a year after the accident at Fukushima, Pineda pieces together the nuclear incidents that occurred at Chernobyl and Fukushima. Through her comparisons and records of the horrifying aftermath of the incidences, Pineda seeks to expose her readers to the reality of the environmental situation and make them think about the affects nuclear energy has on our planet. Pineda’s work seeks to convey the dangers of nuclear energy through her style of writing, language

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.

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,

Purpose: To inform the audience about the heroic actions of the Fukushima Daiichi cleanup workers.

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.

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

According to research, about 20% of the radiation is human waste and the other 40% is toxic waste. Due to this radiation, fish can’t be as easy to find in the slow decaying reefs near the island, so fishermen must travel very far from their home to find and bring back fish. Think of all the danger! Since fishermen have to out very far from their island home, they could run into unexpected storms, heavy winds, or even massive waves! Also due water radiation, fish that are infected with radiation poison get thrown back out to sea, this is bad because if the fish left American Samoa and died out in the middle of the sea, it could infect the surrounding area. if it’s in a coral reef or even in a sharks tummy, it could infect

It’s a clear, cool, spring Friday afternoon. All were going about their quotidian business, in offices, on trains, in rice fields, in stores, in schools, in warehouses, in shrines then, the ground began to shake. Located at Pacific fault lines, Japanese are accustomed to these shudder and shakes but something was different on March 11th. Moments later a low rumble from the east came, the Pacific Ocean. People began to see a ragged white line in the horizon, within minutes a monstrous wall of waves came sweeping in, clawing across the land destroying everything in its path. If that wasn’t enough, a nuclear accident arose after a power plant was struck. Nightmares within two minutes turned into reality. Only debris remained where homes,

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.

“Why I Still Support Nuclear Power, Even After Fukushima” written by William Tucker, nuclear energy is still the best option for the contemporary society we live in today. Tucker goes on to explicate “The events in Japan have confirmed many of the critics’ worst predictions” (Tucker 228). Tucker then examines two other nuclear accidents, Three Mile Island, & Chernobyl. Tucker acknowledges that there is still a very serious threat of contamination that is widespread. Then he gives some facts to show that the other industries have had bad accidents also. In one incident 130 people were killed in a natural gas accident that occurred in Cleveland in 1944, the accident leveled a whole neighborhood. Tucker

Several research groups have shown that the radioactivity from Fukushima has already had deleterious effects on fish such as tuna all the way across the Pacific, on the west coast of North America. A recent study in the respected Journal of Ornithology clearly showed a link between the rising radioactivity from Fukushima and a significant recent drop in the abundance and diversity of birds in the region.

The literal meaning of the word osteoporosis is “porous bone.” Osteoporosis is a type of disease of the bones, which is caused by the bones becoming weak from either losing bone or making too much bone (NOF, 2016). The holes that are already in the bone become larger creating porous bone. This means the bones are now less dense thus making them weaker (NOF, 2016). Bones are made up of the three components collagen, living bone cells, and calcium-phosphate mineral complexes. The peak of bone mass happens around age of 18-25 (Bones, 2016). According to the national osteoporosis fund, the more bone that a person has at the time of the bone peak then the less likely you are to get osteoporosis later in life (Bones, 2016). Healthy, strong bones are like the foundation for your body. If they are weak then your body suffers. Bone mass decreases as we get older causing osteoporosis, which can lead to breaking bones (Bones, 2016). Women are more susceptible to forming osteoporosis than men are. However, osteoporosis can be prevented or slowed down by exercise and taking care of the body early on.

In his article "Why Fukushima made me stop worrying and love nuclear power", (Monbiot, 2011) argues that there are risks associated with nuclear energy, but after comparison with other energy sources, nuclear is still the best solution to our energy needs. He supports this main claim with three key arguments. In his first key argument, Monbiot asserts that the method used to harness renewable energy has impacted the environment. His first premise states that construction of infrastructure needed to generate renewable energy involves changing the current natural landscape.

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.

The Fukushima nuclear plant was on the television; tsunami had hit this plant. A massive amount of stories from air to even in milk. The media is always un believable with these kind of things, always seeming to throw everybody into a panic. If we step aside from the hyperbole and the news reports what do, we find in nuclear power? The truth? In spite of these recent events that made the world nearly hate nuclear power. However, it’s still a source of clean power that needs to be advanced and overseen properly.