Nuclear disasters clive pyke

Nuclear disasters

By: Clive Pyke

Human Impact (long-term)

The long-term effect could be constant mutations in human DNA due to radiation exposure.

Locations

• Jaslovské Bohunice, Czechoslovakia

• Tokaimura, Japan

• Ottawa, Canada

• Three Mile Island, Pennsylvania

• Goiania, Brazil

• K-19, North Atlantic Ocean

• Kyshtym, Russia

• Windscale, England

• Ukraine, Russia

History/timeline

1952 1957 1969 2011

___/_________\________/___________\______ \ / \ / Chalk river disaster kyshtym disaster Lucens reactor disaster Fukushima Daiichi disaster

Before/After comparison

Chernobyl had 115,000 plus residents now its nearly Uninhabited.

Compare/Contrast

Children in other countries like Japan are exposed to radiation levels that are higher than the U.S.

Worst affected area

The Chernobyl nuclear disaster in Ukraine, Russia is considered one of the worst nuclear disaster in history.

Solutions

• Remove all the nuclear bombs.

• Get rid of nuclear power plants.

Free Choice/Miscellaneous

• The Chernobyl disaster was rated a level 6 out of 7, scale.

Personal connection

• This affects me because if a nuclear strikes near me I could be exposed to radiation.

Nuclear bombs

• Blast radius of the atomic bomb is about 19.1 miles, but there is a stronger bomb out there.

• An atomic bomb is the equivalent to 12,500 tons of TNT.

Aid Organizations

• Habitat for humanity

Recourses

www.chernobylwel.com

www.cnbc.com

www.pollutionissues.com