nuclear disasters

Effects of Nuclear

Disasters

“A nuclear accident anywhere is a nuclear accident everywhere” Najmedin Meshkati –

Professor of Nuclear science

What is nuclear disaster?It is an event that

has led to significant

consequences to people, the

environment or the facility.

What are the causes? Design

Flaws Poor Control Systems

Operator Fatigue

Lack of Maintenance

Effects

Sociopolitical

Economic

Environmental

Sociopolitical effect

Fear

Public reaction and

ProtestsGovernments’

actions

Economic effect

Consequences and actions

Potential costs

Further aftereffects

Environmental effect

Deforestation

and “red forests”

Contamination

Extinction and mutation

Thanks for your attention!

Works Cited

The Encyclopedia of Earth; “Environmental effects of the Chernobyl accident”; Will Flanary and Mark McGinley; December 15, 2008; Web.

MIT Technology Review; “Nuclear Lessons”; June 21, 2011; Najmedin Meshkati; Professor,Industrial and Systems Engineering; Web.

“Perceptions and the social-political aspects of nuclear power and nuclear waste disposal”; James David Ballard; California State University Northridge; USA; Web.

Energy News; “Power exports peak, despite nuclear phase-out”; Günther Birkenstock;

November 11, 2012; Deutsche-Welle; Web.The New York Times; “South Korea Shuts 2 Reactors

Over Faked Certificates”; Choe Sang-Hun; May 28, 2013; Web.

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