Fukushima Prefecture

In his article, “Why Fukushima made me stop worrying and love nuclear power”, Monbiot (2012) uses an inductive form to generate his first key argument to support his main claim that the impact of nuclear energy on people and the planet is less significant compared to burning fossil fuel. His first premise is from the Fukushima disaster incident that shows no fatal cases caused by radiation even though the reactor was ruined. Furthermore, his second premise refers to the 1979 nuclear disaster that

was declared by the International Nuclear Event Scale because of its extensive and devastating effects. As analysing the effect of Fukushima disaster, the radioactive fallout has effects on the human health, the environment, the agriculture and fisheries, even has the implications for the future of nuclear power worldwide (Burnie, 2012). According to the facts, Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant Disaster cannot be regarded as a natural disaster, it was a profoundly manmade disaster that could and

The devastation that occurred on March 11, 2011. An earthquake destroyed northeastern Japan, unleashing a terrible tsunami. As of February 2017, there were still about 150,000 evacuees who lost their homes, 50,000 of them were still living in temporary housing. Honshu earthquake on March 11, 2011 was a surprise. This unexpected disaster was not the largest or the deadliest earthquake and tsunami to strike. More than 120,000 buildings were destroyed, 278,000. The total economic cost could reach up

March 11, 2011 at 2:46pm, an earthquake struck Fukushima, Japan. The earthquake had a magnitude of 9.0 and did considerable damage in the region. This was a rare and complex double quake that lasted only about 3 minutes. Some events that happened that occurred after the earthquake are as followed: loss of power, loss of cooling, core damage, reactor pressure damage, and hydrogen explosion. This earthquake caused a 15-metre tsunami to strike the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant on Japan’s Tohoku

only other recorded earthquake that has been stronger was the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake. This earthquake registered between 8.9-9.0 in magnitude on the Richter scale. It triggered a gigantic tsunami that took a great number of lives. Then the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant’s cooling systems failed, causing some reactors to explode. In the end, this event was the strongest earthquake to ever hit Japan. This paper discusses the lives lost, involvement of plate tectonics, the nuclear emergency, the

energy such as solar or wind power, nuclear energy still seems to be at the forefront of the clean energy revival due to the efficiency at which those power plants can produce electricity. Nuclear power plants like the one off the coast of Japan, Fukushima Daiichi, which was hit by a tsunami following a very large earthquake in March of 2011, have quickly become the poster child for newer clean fuel initiatives because of the uncontrollable leaking of harmful chemicals into our atmosphere and oceans

The Tornadoes devastated Alabama across the state and left many unprepared and dead. When the Fukushima disaster occurred, people were able to evacuate before any major damage would happen to the people. In the Tornado disaster you could clearly see the social vulnerability during the storm. Majority of the people hurt were people of color or majority

The Cosmo oil refinery in Chiba prefecture outside Tokyo has exploded; sending flames dozens of metres into the air, fire fighters are unable to contain the inferno. It is one of more than 40 blazes burning across Japan. Four trains are missing along the coast, says Japan Railways; and a ship carrying 100 people was swept away A dam has burst in north-eastern Fukushima prefecture, sweeping away homes, Kyodo news agency reports A state of emergency has been

Nuclear accident according to Article 1 of the Convention on Early Notification of a Nuclear Accident was defined as any accident involving facilities or activities from which a release of radioactive material occurs or is likely to occur and which has resulted or may result in an international trans-boundary release that could be of radiological safety significance for another state.1 In addition, International Atomic Energy Agency also sees it as an event that has led to significant consequences

and even fewer sources of fuel and energy (Nuclear Power in Japan, April 2015). As a result, Japan depends on nuclear power to sustain electricity for the 127.3 million people living there (Japan Population, 2015). Nuclear power plants like the Fukushima Daiichi plant in the towns of Futaba and Ohkuma, Japan produced substantial electricity for surrounding areas (Nuclear / TEPCO Power Plants, n.d.) and was one of the largest and most productive nuclear power plants in the world. Yet, in March 2011