Essays on Nuclear Reactors

CRITICAL REVIEW OF THE ROLE OF CRISIS IN INDUCING POLICY CHANGE

Introduction Most nations make policies after they enter serious crisis. There is a general notion that a critical problem requires a critical solution. Thus, nations that came under Nazi or Japanese attack in the eve of the Second World War declared a state of emergency and made sweeping changes to their national policies. These changes had far-reaching impacts on the functioning of the arms of governments and the entire nation had to suspend various activities to implement the policies in response to the crises. However, after World War II, significant events have been considered as turning points in national ...

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Concerns with avoiding the adverse consequences of Global Warming and the effects of Climate Change has increased significantly over the past decades (Deutch et al.). The leading economies such as the United States are still reluctant to adopt comprehensive climate change policies despite pledging to do so. Nor has there been an agreement with the emerging rapidly-growing economies such as India, South Korea, China, Indonesia, and Mexico on the mechanisms to adopt Greenhouse Gas (GHGs) emission constraints (US Energy Information Administration [EIA]). With Global emissions of GHGs projected to continue to increase, there is the added urgency to not ...

Intelligence Community

In the weeks and the months following the 9/11 attacks the press evokes a huge failure of intelligence. Experts and Veterans of Special Services were asked to provide explanations, and often drive the point: "You cannot imagine how this goes wrong, - said Bob Baer - , ​​a former CIA officer. The White House was saved when Flight 93 one that crashed in Pennsylvania! And that's why you pay thirty billion dollars? This has resulted in the largest series of surveys since the mid-1970s. The largest was conducted by the National Commission on the 11 September. Supported by the powerful ...

Background of the Disaster

The Chernobyl disaster is one of the historical nuclear disasters that happened in April 26, 1986. It is referred as the world’s worst nuclear accident that moved the entire earth. The accident resulted to deaths of people both from the nuclear power plant at the time of the incident and also a number of people afterwards. Accordingly, one of the four nuclear reactors of the Chernobyl power stationed exploded due to operational defects, flawed reactor design and inadequate training of personnel (Chernobyl). The nuclear power plan explosion instantly released radioactive materials into the atmosphere. This created a deep impact ...

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The report seeks to explore the production and utilization of nuclear energy, a form of energy that is produced through a series of chemical reactions involving the atomic nuclei. In 1896, three scientists, Henrie Becquerel, Pierre Currie and Marie Curie, discovered the radioactivity in uranium salts and further pursued the experiments, and they separated radium, the highly radioactive component (Healey 37). With advanced research, the atom came to be well defined. The terms alpha, beta and gamma decay, came into existence; that is, the release of energy when the nucleus releases neutrons and electrons in the form of electromagnetic radiation. ...

The worst nuclear incident on the land of the US happened on March 28, 1979, as it was the famous Three Mile Island accident, which was a nuclear meltdown in one of the two reactors of Three Mile Island in Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, US. The incident was also rated a five, in the group “Accidents with wider Consequences” on the International Nuclear Event Scale, which has seven as the maximum rate. The accident itself began with the halting of the secondary systems of non-nuclear group, which resulted with the failure of primary system`s relief valve, which was operated by a pilot. ...

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The research paper considers the benefits of nuclear power compared with generating energy from fossil fuel sources and discusses the reasons why nuclear power may be the better option, taking into account costs, safety, and – importantly – environmental pollution. Climate change and global warming are of major concern, and pollution and greenhouse gas emissions are significant considerations in the choice of safe energy sources for the future, along with costs and of course the safety aspects. The paper seeks to confirm that in contrast to the fossil-fuel plants used today to generate electricity, nuclear plants cost less to operate, are ...

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Electricity remains one of the energies source that has played an integral role in transforming peoples’ lifestyle, facilitated economic development, improved the living standards and promoted industrialization. Over the years, America has heavily relayed on the electrical power as the main source of power because electrical power is convenient, cost effective, and reliable. As a result of its versatility, electrical power is used for various purposes and in different environments. In most cases, it is used in learning institutions, factories, government corporations, and at homes for distinctive purposes. Normally, electricity is used to operate and run machines in the industries, ...

The August 28, 2013 news article in the New York Times namely “Iran Slows Its Gathering of Uranium, Report Says” explains of the new position taken by Iran of slowing down the process of gathering Uranium which could be easily and swiftly converted into fuel for nuclear bombs. In this article, Broad discusses the first report made by international nuclear inspectors since the new president of Iran; Mr Rouhani took office. The international atomic energy agency has detailed in its quarterly report, the plans by Iran to expand the installation of a new generation of unconventional equipment for uranium purification; ...

Since the discovery that fossil fuels have a great impact to the issue of global warming throughout the globe, experts and governments have tried and tested several “possible” alternative energy sources that can sustain the global demand. From solar power to biofuels, the argument continued on as to which of these alternatives would benefit the globe the most and have lesser impact to the environment. One of the hot topics in terms of the best alternative power source is the use of nuclear energy as a power source. Opposition to its use have already been raised with the capacity of nuclear ...

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Every year, very many workers all over the world are injured, adversely affected or even die from the radiations emitted from the production processes in various industries. This has raised concern for the industrial hygienists, since radiations have posed a threat to the workforce and the community in general. Ionizing radiation has the most damaging effects to human health. Therefore, protection against such fatal radiation is necessary: the workforce should be protected as well as the community. Generally, radiation is the means through which energy travels from one point to another. Other definitions define radiation as an energy that ...

Air pollution refers to the emission of harmful substances in form of particles into the atmosphere. There are many types of pollutants categorized as primary and secondary pollutants. The primary pollutants are the type of pollutants that directly pollute the air through their emission and the secondary pollutants are the ones that are formed from the interaction and reaction of the primary pollutants. Air pollution leads to the formation of the ozone layer hence, the causes of pollution of air include; sulphur oxides, nitrogen oxides, carbon monoxide, carbon dioxide, ammonia, and dust, just a few to mention. These pollutants have ...

Facebook users have gone crazy over the foreign policy conflict between Iran and Israel over Iran’s continued desire to have nuclear weapons. The Prime Minister of Israel, Benjamin Netanyahu argued for a “clear red line” to be drawn by the international community to defeat Iran’s attempt to have a nuclear weapon. In his United Nation General Assembly address, Netanyahu argued that if Iran posses the nuclear weapon, then no one in the world would be safe. Netanyahu went further to argue that Iran was on the verge of having a substantial amount of uranium to build a weapon by the end ...

Why Uranium is the New Green

Introduction This paper present the overall view of the article by William Sweet, titled “Why Uranium is the New Green". Generating electricity with nuclear reactors is cost effective and environmental friendly compared to coal dependent generators. Sweet in the article evaluates the issues of large carbon emission associated with the U.S dependence on coal. Higher percentage of its electricity is from coal and there is slow change to the nuclear generators as a better option even though a certain amount of electricity is being generated by those nuclear reactors. The technology for a cleaner source of electricity has been there ...

Nuclear Power: Pros and Cons

US Nuclear Regulatory Commission (2011) defines nuclear energy production of energy through either splitting of atoms or combination of elements or atoms. Fusion is combination of atoms or elements with fission being splitting of atoms. Fission is the commonly used in energy production. The steam produced is used to drive turbines which produce electricity for both domestic and industrial use. The process releases neutrons which are used to repeat the process over and over. The process is referred to as chain reaction. Common examples of elements used to create nuclear energy include Uranium, and ...