But this is only a minor part of all the damages the earthquake has provoked. There is also the issue with the nuclear power plants, which, due to the fact that they have run out of electricity, the nuclear refrigerators can't cool down the radioactive materials of the power plants, making the extremely dangerous for our health. This is because the radioactive material can't be controlled when liquid or gas, so it begins to emit a radioactive cloud which harms food, animals and other living things, as it is all passed by inhaling such fumes or because it is passed along the food chain. And now everybody starts talking about Chernobyl again.
- Is the nuclear disaster comparable to Chernobyl? Is it worse? What can be done to stop it?
- What is the government doing to help the people there? They've admitted to have been retaining information to the japanese. Do they still know even more than we or the japanese do? Why did they have to hide this information?
- Could the nuclear fallout have been avoided? What can we do now? If the food is contaminated with radioactive materials, do we have to stop importing things from Japan? What will happen then to their economy?
I know there are loads to discuss about and it is probable that I have forgot to include some issues, but please comment and take out those subjects!
What will happen with Japan? That is the question.
ReplyDeleteNobody knows what Japan’s future is, but Japanese are well prepared towards this type of situation. Many people is comparing this catastrophic event with Chernobyl, where
reactor four suffered a catastrophic power increase, leading to explosions in its core. This dispersed large quantities of radioactive fuel and core materials into the atmosphere and ignited the combustible graphite moderator. The burning graphite moderator increased the emission of radioactive particles, carried by the smoke, as the reactor had not been encased by any kind of hard containment vessel. From my point of view, the disaster of Japan is worse than Chernobyl because, radioactive material can't be controlled when liquid or gas, so it begins to emit a radioactive cloud which harms food, animals and other living things and this makes Japanese people live in very atrocious conditions.
However, Japanese government is indeed trying to help their population, even they have hide information about the dreadful tsunami because it will produce panic, and panic conduces to more disasters, as: stealing, murdering etc. I suppose that the main reason why this information has been hidden is because after this disaster, things have to be calm or maybe, because this information is confidential and something wrong is going on.
The nuclear fallout, from my perspective, it was impossible it avoid it, but what’s possible is that more people could be saved, not as Chernobyl, that is was possible to prevented.
I believe that this awful success will get solutioned the most earlier as possible.
Santi Nolla G
It is undeniable that what has happened in Japan is a complete catastrophe. Even though it has now happened some time ago, it was such a massive disaster and the damage caused by both the earthquake and the tsunami is so big, I think there are still many things that can be said about it.
ReplyDeleteFirst of all, I think we all agree in how impressive people's attitude was. We have been informed through newspapers, TV and other massive media of how civilized that country is and, most importantly, how well prepared they are for emergency situations like this one. If something similar to this (not even half this, actually) had happened here in Spain or in any other european country, the consequences would have certainly been much more severe. Of course, I'm not only talking about things such as buildings and vehicles, but also about the number of injured people; as we know, many of them were able to survive thanks to all the information they had about how to act in those cases and to everything they have been taught since they went to kindergarden.
Other countries' responsability is, in my opinion, to help Japan as much as possible, which doesn't necessarily mean having to send money, but also medical help, food, drinkable water, etc.
Other than that, all we can do is wish that they can all move on as soon as possible and hope that something like this never happens again, especially in a country or city which is not prepared fot those kind of catastophes.
Carla Galcerán Randuà
There's no doubt about the fact that this earthquake has been the most disastrous and deadly of the last twenty years.In addition,this disaster has cause other severe and important problems like a tsunami which has effected the nuclear power station of Fukushima.Many people compare this disaster(Fukushima) with Chernobyl.I would rather want to mention that the radiation peak of Chernobyl was fifty times superior to Fukushima and as well that nowadays this radiation is still present(150KM of accident).This makes Chernobyl one of the most dangerous places on the world.Nextly,110000 people who lived near Chernobyl suffered from illnesses and in Fukushima it only rised up to 23.From my point of view,Fukushima cannot be considered worse than Chernobyl .I disagree with Santi Nolla.
ReplyDeleteOn the other hand,it seems that the government hided information about a previous and dreadful tsunami.I agree to what Santi says that they only did this to not make the japanese panic and this panic will lead to stealing,murdering.However I cannot imagine them after seing them prepared for this type of situations.In addition,I believe that that in any other country this will never be possible or achievable.The aim of hidding this information is mainly because it was confidential and because these people(politicians)don't want to release it to the population .
This nuclear fallout couldn't be avoided like Chernobyl .The only we can do is to help Japan to recover by sending them necessary things.The japanese economy will be effected in a meaningful and serious way throughtout the first weeks but it will also recover.
jordi soldevila
I personally think the nuclear radioactivity leash could easily be avoided. The cost of nuclear equipment is very expensinve, i am talking about millions and millions of dollars. What Japanese goverment and also do other contries is wether the equipment is good or bad if it still works we keep it. So they don't have to spent money and invest the money in other uses.
ReplyDeleteTthe nuclear station didn't evade the crush with the Tsunami which caused, unfortunately, a radioactivity leak of radioactivit. 5 km radio from the station was isolated. Water and food inside the 5 km radio were radioactive and were useless for Japanese people, which those things are essential for them at that state were the Tsunami destroyed a huge part o the south coast of Japan.
Now Japan is suffering light cuts as Japan is a country based on Industry which consumes a lot of energy and now there is a lack of energy, so no production, crisis.
A positive way of looking it,(which is very difficult) is the fact that other counties have noticed that nuclear station are not 100% secure and a little bridge could cause death of a lot of people and future deformations of the society.
KYLIAN PATTJE
2 months later we have seen what effects this disaster has had on the japanese economy, culture, policy and society. Japan's economy has been simply ruined. The tsunami has wiped out from the map entire villages and thousands of lives. Moreover, this natural disaster has also ended with many energetic supplies station which sustain the japanese society such as nuclear power stations.
ReplyDeleteAs far as I am concerned, japanese are prepared for any type of earthquake, and they have got many different security systems for the occasion. The problem is, the tsunamis are not taken in mind during the planning of this systems. The nuclear power station followed all the normal procedures for an earthquake alert, but the great wave interrupted them. This caused that the nuclei fused and turned into a liquid, which its impossible to control. In addition, the structure of each of the reactors was seriously damaged due to the tsunami. This damages occasioned that hundreds of tones of radioactive substance was poured into the sea. This can have a serious damage in the environment a specially in fish health, which can eventually cause other health problems to humans. Recently, Japan has abolished fishing within a certain radius around its coasts. Moreover, fishing is one of the pillars of Japan's economy, and has know been severely reduced.
To sum up, Japan's way of life has changed radically due to this natural disaster. Its economy has a great deficit, difficult to recover in the next few years. Many families have been lost, as well as destroyed, leading to a general trauma in the society. First needs have been rationed during this lasts months, as there is little trade that comes in and out of the country. And last but by no means the least, this disgrace can also have repercussion worldwide, as this radioactive cloud can expand and travel all over the globe, affecting with serious diseases millions of people.