The Fukushima Nuclear Disaster

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,

Each year, enormous quantities of radioactive waste are created during the nuclear fuel process, including 2,000 metric tons of high-level radioactive waste and 12 million cubic feet of low-level radioactive waste in the U.S. alone. More than 58,000 metric tons of highly radioactive spent fuel already has accumulated at reactor sites around the U.S. for which there currently is no permanent repository. Even if Yucca Mountain is licensed, the Department of Energy has stated that it would not open before 2017. In 1979, the United States had its own disaster following an accident at the Three Mile Island Nuclear Reactor in Pennsylvania.In avoiding such accidents the industry has been very successful. In over 16,000 cumulative reactor years of

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

Because of the Fukushima nuclear meltdown, the Pacific Ocean experienced more discharge of radioactive waste than any other ocean in the world. The immediate effects were devastating for fishers. Around 56% of all of fisher’s catches had noticeable traces of cesium. Because of such drastic conditions, drastic measures were taken to ensure safety of Japanese citizens. Fishing was banned off some coasts of the countries for months before it became regulatory again.

In 2011 Japan was struck by a 9.0 earthquake followed by a devastating tsunami, leaving them with the responsibility to clean up the mess it made. The earthquake created a wave which hit Japan’s Fukushima nuclear power plant causing many problems. Radioactive leaks were a major problem which was a result of the tsunami. Radiation began to contaminate the Pacific ocean which impacted the fish in it as well. Radiation also contaminated underground water sources because of unreachable fuel rods stored in an unstable building. This tsunami has created a great deal of problems for the citizens of Japan.

Since some countries in the region have already embarked on the nuclear energy option and some others are planning to do so, an increased attention in the country has been given to protective measures in case of a nuclear/radiological emergency. Experience from nuclear accidents at Chernobyl and recently, in Fukushima showed a lack of sufficient capacity for screening internal contamination of the public and pointed out the necessity for its development [1]. Additionally, increasing the national applications of nuclear technology in industry, nuclear medicine and researches involved radioisotopes utilization, resulted in legal and technical provisions adopted on the national level supporting protection of the public and radiation workers against

Chernobyl was a catastrophic nuclear accident that occurred April 26th, 1986 at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant in the town of Pripyat, Ukraine. Chernobyl is the worst nuclear disaster in the world in terms of cost and causalities. 31 people died as a direct result of the explosion – all of whom were reactor staff and emergency workers. Until the 2011 Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster, Chernobyl was the only nuclear accident classified as a level 7 event (the maximum classification) on the International Nuclear Event Scale. The Chernobyl accident was the outcome of a extremely flawed Soviet-era reactor design called RBMK as well as faulty and careless actions of the under educated and under trained operators. RBMK –which translates to “High Power Channel-type Reactor”—is a design that American physicist Hans Bethe has called "fundamentally faulty, having a built-in instability." The RBMK design is now universally recognized as being defective, although as of 2013 there are 11 RBMK reactors operating in Russia. The operators had switched the safety systems off, and the reactor was being operated under improper and unstable conditions. The accident occurred during an experiment scheduled to test a possible safety emergency core-cooling feature. At 1:23 a.m. on April 26, extremely hot nuclear fuel rods were lowered into cooler water, creating a giant amount of steam, which — because of the RBMK reactors ' design flaws — created more reactivity in the nuclear core of reactor

A 6.9-magnitude earthquake struck northeastern Japan on Tuesday morning at about 6 am local time (GMT 9 pm Monday), which triggered a minor tsunami wave.

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

Despite citizens opposed nuclear power plants, the government positions nuclear power plants as "important baseload power supplies" and shows the posture to utilize it as well as before nuclear accident six years ago, government decided to "reduce it as much as possible". In other words, people's resistance failed. The government wants to supply stable electricity at low cost, and Japan is an island country with few resources, and if there is no nuclear power will be insufficient when it is emergency. In addition, from the dangers of nuclear accident occurrence, citizens raise demonstrations or requests compensation. There are many people who oppose restarting in Japan because there are many people who think that safety is more important than

This report is a political, economic, social, technological, and environmental and legal–PESTEL report carried out to assess the viability of the opportunity market SAFCOL’S ready to eat Tuna meals in Japan by The South Australian Fisherman’s Co-Operative Limited (SAFCOL). SAFCOL was begun in 1945 by South Australian Fishermen endeavouring to sell their catch (SAFCOL, 2016). SAFCOL produces, distributes, imports, canned seafood and pet food products, include tuna, salmon, mussels and sardines and has about 80 employees (Bloomberg, 2017). SAFCOL, markets its products throughout Australia in supermarkets and speciality stores, it has broadened its product range to include ready to seafood meals (SAFCOL, 2016; Bloomberg, 2017). SAFCOL supplies a wider market than other Australian seafood including: Australia, New Zealand, the Middle East, Slovenia, Chile, Hong Kong, China, Thailand, Malaysia, Greece, Canada and the USA (SAFCOL, 2016). SAFCOL is looking to broaden its export base even further by exporting to Japan an island nation located in East Asia with a population of 128 million people (Griffin & Pustay, 2015, p. 61). Japan consists of four principle islands, in addition to number minor ones, approximately 1,500 miles (2,400 kilometers) from the East Asia coast (Scholastic, 2016). The principle

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 Chernobyl Nuclear Disaster is an accident that took place at a nuclear power plant in Ukraine in April 1986. The accident was because of a flawed Soviet reactor design, severe mistakes by the plant operators, and direct result of Cold War isolation. As the resultant steam explosion and fires emitted radioactive reactor core into the downwind and the Earth's atmosphere, the accident was also attributed to the lack of any safety culture. The Chernobyl Nuclear Disaster was a unique event because it's the only accident in commercial nuclear power history in which radiation-related losses took place. Nonetheless, the design of the reactor is exceptional and the disaster of minimal relevance to other elements of the nuclear industry.