in 26 April 1986 at 01:23:40 a.m. when a reactor number 4 exploded causing radioactive pollution‚ it effects reach Belarus‚ causing pollution on more than 3‚600 towns and villages‚ and 2.5 million people. According to Larry West it was an operator fault (2012). Secondly‚ in 1975 The Banqiao Reservoir Dam in china failed causing death for over 171000 people and destroying the homes of 11 million people. It was built to occupy a huge amount of water that came from the rains. In the same year the rain
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As quoted in the book from the Chernobyl and the Cumbrian Sheepfarmers‚ "Rather than admitting to the uncertainties‚ they made false claims which in the long run being unsustainable. This encouraged the farmers to change their views of scientists and watch them beck and call to their government
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Disasters quiz 1. What and when is black Friday? • Black Friday is 2. What type of flu killed almost three thousand people in Britain in 1970? • 3. What was the Greycliffe disaster? • The Greycliffe disaster occurred in Sydney Harbour 1927 when the harbour ferry Greycliffe and the Union steamship company mail streamer collided. 4. At which Scottish football ground did 66 people die when a barrier collapsed in 1971? • It occurred in the Liverpool game against Celtic
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evolving nuclear power plants were in Chernobyl‚ Ukraine and Fukushima‚ Japan. A fluke earthquake followed by a tsunami caused the Fukushima leak‚ in which the waves crashed against a nuclear facility and disable the systems used to cool the nuclear fuel. Zero deaths have resulted from the accident because the Japanese government responded rapidly in evacuating people and stopping food shipments immediately‚ things the Soviet government did not do after Chernobyl. Fukushima is a perfect example of when
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world often have the greatest amounts of pollution — some of the most well-known are China‚ India‚ and the United States. People usually associate these areas with health risks‚ such as lung cancer‚ and contaminated air. However‚ in Visit Sunny Chernobyl And Other Adventures in the World’s Most Polluted Places by Andrew Blackwell‚ the author pinpoints the positive aspects of polluted locations. Blackwell finds beauty in the ruins and seems to gravitate toward some locations more than others; but
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thought to bury the radioactive waste. Some examples of disasters was the Chernobyl nuclear accident in 1986. The Nuclear plant’s reactor caused an huge amount of steam‚ which then exploded. It released radiation causing people of Chernobyl to suffer. Pregnant women in that area also underwent abortion because of the high levels of radiation that could cause birth defects or disorders. The ghost towns of Pripyat and Chernobyl in Ukraine are off-limits as it promote a huge health risk. in 2011‚ Fukushima
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in the United States‚ construction on the BNPP was stopped‚ and a subsequent safety inquiry into the plant revealed over 4‚000 defects. It was built near major earthquake fault lines and close to the then dormant Pinatubo volcano. Marcos was overthrown by the People Power Revolution in 1986. Days after the April 1986 Chernobyl disaster‚ the succeeding administration of President Corazon Aquino decided not to operate the plant. Among other considerations taken were the strong opposition from Bataan
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Case Study: Euro Disneyland 1. Using Hofstede’s four cultural dimensions as a point of reference‚ what are some of the main cultural differences between the United States and France? Some of the perceptions on how Americans see French people include: flamboyance‚ arrogance‚ being emotional and hierarchal. In the other hand‚ perceptions of how French people view Americans include: being aggressive‚ workaholic‚ unprincipled and naive. Power distance is the extent to which employees‚ or less powerful
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stabilize metal contaminants. This is a very efficient process‚ and is one of the most accessible‚ it is estimated that it cost form $25-$100 per ton of soil and $0.60- $6.00 per 100 gallons of water. The 26 of April of 1986‚ a nuclear reactor from Chernobyl explodes causing high levels of radiations taking over the city. The people were evacuated‚ but the area was completely polluted. The stock started eating plants that grow in polluted soils and the meet that was taken from the cow and eaten by humans
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time. Any Type of cancer is bad and can kill you. Cancer is very serious. There are many types of cancer‚ but Chernobyl caused a special kind. Chernobyl caused many types of cancer. That special kind is thyroid cancer‚ it’s located on the bottom base of the neck. Thyroid cancer is very rare‚ but not in Chernobyl. The thyroid is the at the top of the list‚ of cancers that Chernobyl caused. Sometimes you don’t always know if you have cancer. Some of the symptoms of the thyroid cancer are‚
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