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Essay / Comparison of the Fukushima and Chernobyl nuclear disasters...
Taking a quick look at the Fukushima and Chernobyl nuclear disasters, it may seem that they were the same situation and that the History had repeated itself but the two disasters were very different. The Fukushima nuclear disaster occurred on March 11, 2011 in Fukushima, Japan. After the disaster, the government left it to Tokyo Electric Power Company (TEPCO), owner of the plant. However, recently the number of leaks in the power plant has increased and the government has decided to take matters into its own hands. The government plans to spend $320 million to build an underground ice wall to control contaminated water and $150 million for an improved water treatment unit. The Chernobyl nuclear disaster, on the other hand, occurred on April 26, 1986, in Pripyat, Soviet Union. In other words, this happened after the Cold War, which could be one of the reasons why the country tried to handle the situation on its own. The nuclear disaster in Fukushima, Japan, is similar to that of the Chernobyl nuclear reactor in Pripyat, Soviet Union in that both their governments evacuated the area near the reactors and did not seek help from other countries . However, the Japanese government left the mess to the Tokyo Electric Company to contain the nuclear disaster caused by loss of electricity due to natural disasters and the government handled the nuclear disaster in the Soviet Union that was caused by faulty design with inadequate workers. execute it. This shows that the Chernobyl nuclear leak was much more serious than the Fukushima nuclear leak. A similarity between the Chernobyl and Fukushima nuclear disasters is that they both evacuated the areas surrounding the sites where the accident took place.... . middle of article......es.Works Citedhttp://www.theatlantic.com/infocus/2011/03/the-chernobyl-disaster-25-years-ago/100033/http://www. world -nuclear.org/info/Safety-and-Security/Safety-of-Plants/Chernobyl-Accident/#.Uk8gydK_J8E http://www.commerce.wa.gov.au/Worksafe/PDF/Forums/safety_culture-Jane_ . pdf http://topics.nytimes.com/top/reference/timestopics/subjects/c/chernobyl_nuclear_accident_1986/index.html http://elgoog.im/search/?q=Chernobyl+nuclear+reactor+disaster Brennan, Kristine. “Health Effects of Chernobyl.” The Chernobyl nuclear disaster. Np: Chelsea House, 2002. 75-86. Print. Reforms and the ramifications of major disasters. http://go-kids.grolier.com/page?tn=/news/feature_archive.php&id=ns1-20110328&type=0tdns http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/09/03/fukushima-disaster-ice- wall_n_3858884.htmlEisler, Ronald. The Fukushima disaster in 2011. Boca Raton: CRC, 2013. Print.