Argumentative essay
During March 11, 2011, an earthquake causing a tsunami and the destruction of a nuclear power plant hit the North-East coast of Honshu, Japan, causing 27,500 casualties and/or missing. 300,000 people were repositioned from their homes and it cost 326,000,000,000$ for repairs. The nuclear power leaked into the ocean and spread all across the North Pacific Ocean to the coasts of North America. It not only impacted Japan locally, but it also impacted the world globally. Is the more significant challenge the nuclear disaster, or dealing with the aftermath of the tsunami? After researching several sources, there are several reasons about how the nuclear problem was worse. Here are some of them.
The first reason is the effect on health and food. Forty one percent of men and 29 % of women in the Fukushima area are more likely to have cancer because of radiation after the explosion. Also, there have been radiation found in tuna in the U.S. Japan has also banned some shipments of fruits and vegetables to other countries because of radiation. The effects from the radiation are longer lasting than the tsunami, and if you eat radiation, you will get very sick. And once it gets in to the food chain, it will keep multiplying.
The second reason is the nuclear cleanup. You can't clean up the radiation, but you can contain it. Some polar bears, seals and walruses along the Alaska coastline are suffering from fur loss and open sores. The radiation is all over the U.S, and will take up to forty years to finish. The radiation around Fukushima is 18 times bigger than before. At this point, 300 tons of contaminated water is pouring into the Pacific Ocean from Fukushima every single day. It has been estimated that up to 100 times as much nuclear radiation has been released into the ocean from Fukushima than was released during the entire Chernobyl disaster. Also, the 2020 Olympics may be relocated from Tokyo because of radiation. Compared to the tsunami cleanup, the nuclear cleanup takes longer to clean up, if not impossible, and the radiation will spread.
The third reason is that the problem has spread, literally, SPREAD across the globe. The nuclear water has already spread from Fukushima to the U.S. coast. There have been sightings of debris about the size of Texas floating in the ocean. The estimated path of the debris from the tsunami is for it the pass by the north-west islands of Hawaii, then circle around to the shore of the north-west islands. But by 2018, the debris will have spread across a third of the ocean. The problem was so bad, some Japanese people had to go to another country. The radiation problem is worse because the tsunami only hit part of Japan.
To sum it all up, the tsunami was a bad accident, but the radiation accident was very fatal and caused lots of casualties, and it was not only just Japan that was affected. You can stay safe by respecting signs at beaches that warn residents. Or, buy fruits that have been certified by the CFIA.
During March 11, 2011, an earthquake causing a tsunami and the destruction of a nuclear power plant hit the North-East coast of Honshu, Japan, causing 27,500 casualties and/or missing. 300,000 people were repositioned from their homes and it cost 326,000,000,000$ for repairs. The nuclear power leaked into the ocean and spread all across the North Pacific Ocean to the coasts of North America. It not only impacted Japan locally, but it also impacted the world globally. Is the more significant challenge the nuclear disaster, or dealing with the aftermath of the tsunami? After researching several sources, there are several reasons about how the nuclear problem was worse. Here are some of them.
The first reason is the effect on health and food. Forty one percent of men and 29 % of women in the Fukushima area are more likely to have cancer because of radiation after the explosion. Also, there have been radiation found in tuna in the U.S. Japan has also banned some shipments of fruits and vegetables to other countries because of radiation. The effects from the radiation are longer lasting than the tsunami, and if you eat radiation, you will get very sick. And once it gets in to the food chain, it will keep multiplying.
The second reason is the nuclear cleanup. You can't clean up the radiation, but you can contain it. Some polar bears, seals and walruses along the Alaska coastline are suffering from fur loss and open sores. The radiation is all over the U.S, and will take up to forty years to finish. The radiation around Fukushima is 18 times bigger than before. At this point, 300 tons of contaminated water is pouring into the Pacific Ocean from Fukushima every single day. It has been estimated that up to 100 times as much nuclear radiation has been released into the ocean from Fukushima than was released during the entire Chernobyl disaster. Also, the 2020 Olympics may be relocated from Tokyo because of radiation. Compared to the tsunami cleanup, the nuclear cleanup takes longer to clean up, if not impossible, and the radiation will spread.
The third reason is that the problem has spread, literally, SPREAD across the globe. The nuclear water has already spread from Fukushima to the U.S. coast. There have been sightings of debris about the size of Texas floating in the ocean. The estimated path of the debris from the tsunami is for it the pass by the north-west islands of Hawaii, then circle around to the shore of the north-west islands. But by 2018, the debris will have spread across a third of the ocean. The problem was so bad, some Japanese people had to go to another country. The radiation problem is worse because the tsunami only hit part of Japan.
To sum it all up, the tsunami was a bad accident, but the radiation accident was very fatal and caused lots of casualties, and it was not only just Japan that was affected. You can stay safe by respecting signs at beaches that warn residents. Or, buy fruits that have been certified by the CFIA.