Argumentative Essay About The Future Of The Nuclear Program

It was an early march afternoon when the ground started shaking, buildings began to fall, and people were dying. Then came a tsunami, washing away much of what was left. However, this was not the end of it. The tsunami had damaged nuclear reactors, forcing nearby residents to evacuate as soon as possible. This nuclear disaster has left many uneasy about the future of the nuclear program, some thinking it should be abolished. The disaster was the worst since the bombings in WWII, and had many similarities to it. In total the catastrophe killed 20,000 people and left 150,000 homeless as well as causing damages costing around 300 billion U.S. dollars. It caused extreme amounts of panic and drew up the question, was the government ready? High

The catastrophe was so devastating because very few scientist predicted an earthquake of that size, as well as such a large tsunami. Subsequent to the disaster, the stretch was drilled into, and a layer of clay was found. Scientists believe that this was the cause, that it allowed the plates to slide, resulting in the earthquake and tsunami. The earthquake was so powerful that it actually slightly shifted the earth on its axis, shortening the day by a microsecond. The damages summed up to be about 300 billion US dollars, which is 25 trillion yen, and left 22,000 dead. 20,000 from the initial earthquake and tsunami and 2,000 from injuries that caused death after the

1 due to a buildup of pressurized hydrogen in the containment building holding reactors one, two, and three. It blew the top off of the reactor and the mixture of the hydrogen and the air ignited. The fuel in units 1-3 had mostly melted, but primarily in unit one. Unit two’s pressure suppression chamber ruptured damaging much of the reactor. On March 14, another hydrogen explosion occurred above Unit three again blowing off the roof and destroying part of the top of the building. This created a lot of radioactive debris under unit three. Yet another explosion occurred on March 15 in Unit four, further damaging unit