Nuclear Power Plant Risks – Fukushima Daiichi plant.
This is an essay paper focusing on the risks of a Nuclear Power Plant Facility comparing to the Fukushima Daiichi plant incident that happened some years ago in Japan.
The Risks of a Nuclear Power Plant Facility – Fukushima Daiichi plant
Firstly, you are going to identify some of the risks of a Nuclear Power Plant Facility. Then, you are to research on the nuclear disaster that occurred at the Fukushima Daiichi plant in Japan on March 11, 2011. All nations that depend on nuclear power have been forced to reevaluate the potential risks they face from continued use of nuclear power.
Secondly, this Case Assignment considers how risks are defined, assessed and managed in light of the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant disaster. Before you begin to answer the questions stated below please review the following sites to become familiar with the issues regarding radiation and the use of nuclear power. Knowledge @ Wharton (2011, March 30). U.S. Energy Policy after Japan: If Not Nuclear, Then What? Retrieved on August 29, 2016 at https://knowledge.wharton.upenn.edu/article.cfm?articleid=2743 IAEA International Atomic Energy Agency (2016).
Topics in Focus. Retrieved on August 29, 2016 from https://www.iaea.org/newscenter/focus/. After reading the information from these sites you must review the required reading for this module before responding to the Case Assignment.
Upon reading the above information, answer the following questions:
- Explain the concept of “risk” for the layperson. (Consider what “risk” means in general terms.)
- Define and explain risk management. Is risk management in the context of a nuclear power facility still relevant after a disaster has occurred?
- Describe the most important policy issues concerning the use of nuclear power that have emerged from the Fukushima Daiichi disaster. Discuss how these policy issues are related to risk assessment and our ability to more effectively define risks. (This is a key question for this assignment.)
- Explain the differences between risk assessment and risk management. You should approach this assignment from a very practical and logical perspective
Nuclear Power Plant Risks – Fukushima Daiichi plant
