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    “The Chernobyl Disaster” occurred. The catastrophe is recorded to be the worst nuclear power-plant accident to date and the first classified as a level seven event on the International Nuclear Event Scale. The estimated cost of the damage inflicted is a total of eighteen billion rubles. The loss of life sparked by the ordeal official thirty-one people by direct cause. The disaster has had a prolonged effect to environmental and health fields. The total damaged of “The Chernobyl Disaster” is unknown

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    Should nuclear power be implemented nationwide as a clean, sustainable alternative to petroleum? Supporters of nuclear power draw attention to the massive technological advancements that have occurred in the past 30 years, such as salt reactors and improved construction of the reactors themselves, making the plants less susceptible to earthquakes and tsunamis. Nuclear power is already the largest clean energy source in the nation, beating out wind energy and hydroelectric energy in kilowatts produced

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    talking about will be the disaster recovery policy, what this policy is basically about is that the organization will have so kind of plan or strategy put in place for things like natural disasters for example floods, fire, earthquake and things like theft and major human error that can cause major data loss, which and ultimately impact the organization security and the functions the organization provides. What this disaster recovery policy might have in it is if a natural disaster or a virus enters the

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    unwanted junk mail from coming into an organization. It also can distinguish if an employee is exposing intellectual property. Q2: Do you need to have a disaster recovery plan? If so what might it include? It is imperative to have a disaster recovery plan, it is no longer safe for any business, small or big, to have no protection against natural disasters or even getting hacked which is a common practice. Anyone of those

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    disadvantages of nuclear energy. Firstly, the advantages are considered. It has the low pollution because the amount of greenhouse gases has reduces significantly as a result of the prevalence of nuclear power. It is also have the small effect on natural systems. Nuclear energy uses energy power to make inexpensive electricity, which is a quite low operating cost owing to the low of utilizable uranium. A nuclear power plant does not have constraints and it can run without disruption in climatic condition

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    II-The Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Disaster The year following the triple disaster of Fukushima was a year of self-assessment, self-criticism and adjustment. It is a model of governance that has been highly criticized in Japan. Of course, to avoid panic, the Government had decided not to warn people of the risks they could incur, when it became probable, a few days after the disaster, that the heart of the reactors had melted. But the government itself was misinformed, and oversight agencies that

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    75% of all disasters originate from weather-climate extremes (DMB, 2010). Secondly, Disaster risk reduction and adaptation to climate change strategies both are aimed at enhancing sustainability, resilient societies and human security. Thirdly, similar sectoral focus, complexities and challenges rely on the same type of measures and policies. Disaster risk reduction offers opportunities for “bottom-up” strategies for adaptation to current climate variability and climate extremes. Disaster risk reduction

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    The Chernobyl accident, also known as Chernobyl catastrophe is a nuclear accident that occurred on April 26th 1986 near Ukraine–Belarus border in former Soviet Union. It was the worst nuclear power plant accident in history in terms of costs and casualties. The accident happened during a systems tests and it destroyed one of four nuclear reactors. Unfortunately, due to poor plant design (no containment over the reactor) its consequences were far greater than of an atomic bomb in Hiroshima with the

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    Disaster Recovery Planning Essay

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    Introduction Disaster Recovery Planning is the critical factor that can prevent headaches or nightmares experienced by an organization in times of disaster. Having a disaster recovery plan marks the difference between organizations that can successfully manage crises with minimal cost, effort and with maximum speed, and those organizations that cannot. By having back-up plans, not only for equipment and network recovery, but also detailed disaster recovery plans that precisely outline what steps

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    Health and the Chernobyl Disaster Essay

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    “In the previous year, 202 major disasters were experienced by the Philippines alone. These recorded disasters, comprised of man-made disasters, such as fires and armed conflict, as well as natural ones, such as typhoons and flooding, have disrupted as much as 7 million lives in the last year (Philippine Disaster Report: Disaster Statistics 2010).“ Statistics like these and events in world history have proven that disasters are inevitable; that even the most cataclysmic and devastating

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