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Nuclear Crisis

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Nuclear crisis
A freak accident in England is causing global panic. Reporters say that a nuclear accident has taken place in city called Sellafield. Officials also say that this accident may be able to cause death. Not to mention that the area is still being tended too. Want to learn more? Don't fret, half of our paper today is dedicated to this slip up in England. 
The Weekly Science-Week41-1957
Backround
How was it before all this trauma?
  • The nuclear plant that caused this issue is located in Sellafield, England.
  • Energy was stored in graphite blocks.
  • The plant was mainly based around plutonium.
  • The plant is named Windscale.
  • The plant was created in 1946.
Ariel view of Windscale.
Causes at windscale
Be careful at homes never leave a open flame unattended.
On October 10, a fire started at Windscale. The fire was started because of the buildings faulty design. THe graphite chambers were storing to much energy. When the energy was released things simply got overheated. The fire spread quickly due to the chemicals that were within the plant.
Skagen, February 2005
Detailed Description at windscale
Images to reinforce information.
  • Energy released, fire started
  • Fire quickly spread due to flammable chemicals.
  • Toxic fumes released into environment.
  • Wind blew most of the chemicals to sea.
  • When water was used to put out the fire, more chemicals evaporated with the water 

Cleanup
  • Water cooled down rest of plant
  • Towns were evacuated for several days
  • Not much was done to contain nuclear waste because a lot of it was blown out to sea
  • Some people attempted to get waste out of the water
  • Crews tried to contain radiation
Keep in mind that the fire was put out fairly fast. Considering this understand that a majority of the nuclear elements were left untouched by the fire.
Here are the cleanup methods.
Effects
Immediate                        Long Term
  • People became sick
  • Sea animals and plants got sick and sometimes died
  • Reduced fishing profits
  • Poisoned air around the plant for a short amount of time
  • Over 200 cases of cancer
  • 100 fatal cancer cases
  • Easy for fires to start in the area
  • Explosions are easily triggered
  • Cost a lot of money to repair and cleanup in the long run
Preventions
In the future nuclear plant designs should be more thought out. They need to be double checked to see if there are any faults in the plants. There should also be increased levels of safety and stronger materials. We shouldn't have to be scared of such a tamable force.
EM Connection
Infrared Diagram
This accident relates directly to the electromagnetic spectrum. The main connection is to infrared waves. When the guts of the plant began to heat up, it was a result of infrared exposure. When the chemicals burned, gamma waves were released as well.
Sources
Fishlock, D. (2008, March 25). Thomas Tuohy: Windscale Manage. Retrieved December 19, 2016, from Independant website: http://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/thomas-tuohy-windscale-manager-who-doused-the-flames-of-the-1957-fire-800546.html 

Highfield, R. (2009, October 9). Windscale Fire. Retrieved December 19, 2016, from The Telegraph website: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/science/science-news/3309842/Windscale-fire-We-were-too-busy-to-panic.html Nuclear Risks: 

Windscale. (n.d.). Retrieved December 19, 2016, from The Nuclear Chain website: http://www.nuclear-risks.org/en/hibakusha-worldwide/windscalesellafield.html

 Spill, C. (2011). Windscale Fire Nuclear Disaster. Retrieved December 19, 2016, from Counterspill website: http://www.counterspill.org/disaster/windscale-fire-nuclear-disaster Tourists, V. N. (Ed.). (2005, December 22).

 Windscale Nuclear Incident. Retrieved December 19, 2016, from Nuclear Tourists website: http://www.nucleartourist.com/events/windscal.htm
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