3月21日の日記
2007年3月21日Nuclear and Chemical Accidents
1952
Dec. 12， Chalk River， nr. Ottawa， Canada: a partial meltdown of the reactor’s uranium fuel core resulted after the accidental removal of four control rods. Although millions of gallons of radioactive water accumulated inside the reactor， there were no injuries.
1953
Love Canal， nr. Niagara Falls， N.Y.: was destroyed by waste from chemical plants. By the 1990s， the town had been cleaned up enough for families to begin moving back to the area.
1957
Oct. 7， Windscale Pile No. 1， north of Liverpool， England: fire in a graphite-cooled reactor spewed radiation over the countryside， contaminating a 200-square-mile area.
South Ural Mountains: explosion of radioactive wastes at Soviet nuclear weapons factory 12 mi from city of Kyshtym forced the evacuation of over 10，000 people from a contaminated area. No casualties were reported by Soviet officials.
1976
nr. Greifswald， East Germany: radioactive core of reactor in the Lubmin nuclear power plant nearly melted down due to the failure of safety systems during a fire.
1979
March 28， Three Mile Island， nr. Harrisburg， Pa.: one of two reactors lost its coolant， which caused overheating and partial meltdown of its uranium core. Some radioactive water and gases were released. This was the worst accident in U.S. nuclear-reactor history.
1984
Dec. 3， Bhopal， India: toxic gas， methyl isocyanate， seeped from Union Carbide insecticide plant， killing more than 2，000 and injuring about 150，000.
1986
April 26， Chernobyl， nr. Kiev， Ukraine: explosion and fire in the graphite core of one of four reactors released radioactive material that spread over part of the Soviet Union， eastern Europe， Scandinavia， and later western Europe. 31 claimed dead. Total casualties are unknown. Worst such accident to date.
1987
Sept. 18， Goiânia， Brazil: 244 people contaminated with cesium-137 from a cancer-therapy machine that had been sold as scrap. Four people died in worst radiation disaster in Western Hemisphere.
1999
Sept. 30， Tokaimura， Japan: uncontrolled chain reaction in a uranium-processing nuclear fuel plant spewed high levels of radioactive gas into the air， killing two workers and seriously injuring one other.
2004
Aug. 9， Mihama， Japan: nonradioactive steam leaked from a nuclear power plant， killing four workers and severely burning seven others.
ちょっと見当違いの方向にinspireされて調べてみました。
少ないな、というのが正直な感想。
でも一件当たりの犠牲者数や影響度は普通の爆発事故の比じゃないですが。
このまま世界は原発に推移していくと思うのだけど、
制御しきれない技術を使うのには反対だ。
まだまだ技術の発展が必要なのに、そのきっかけになる
incidentを隠すのは大間違い。
ちなみに、日本の原発基数は世界3位。(一位アメリカ、二位フランス)
平均稼動年数は20年。
世界最古の原発は46年物(今だ現役)だそうです。
せっかく印刷した資料を会社に忘れてきたので
また後ほど更新します。
1952
Dec. 12， Chalk River， nr. Ottawa， Canada: a partial meltdown of the reactor’s uranium fuel core resulted after the accidental removal of four control rods. Although millions of gallons of radioactive water accumulated inside the reactor， there were no injuries.
1953
Love Canal， nr. Niagara Falls， N.Y.: was destroyed by waste from chemical plants. By the 1990s， the town had been cleaned up enough for families to begin moving back to the area.
1957
Oct. 7， Windscale Pile No. 1， north of Liverpool， England: fire in a graphite-cooled reactor spewed radiation over the countryside， contaminating a 200-square-mile area.
South Ural Mountains: explosion of radioactive wastes at Soviet nuclear weapons factory 12 mi from city of Kyshtym forced the evacuation of over 10，000 people from a contaminated area. No casualties were reported by Soviet officials.
1976
nr. Greifswald， East Germany: radioactive core of reactor in the Lubmin nuclear power plant nearly melted down due to the failure of safety systems during a fire.
1979
March 28， Three Mile Island， nr. Harrisburg， Pa.: one of two reactors lost its coolant， which caused overheating and partial meltdown of its uranium core. Some radioactive water and gases were released. This was the worst accident in U.S. nuclear-reactor history.
1984
Dec. 3， Bhopal， India: toxic gas， methyl isocyanate， seeped from Union Carbide insecticide plant， killing more than 2，000 and injuring about 150，000.
1986
April 26， Chernobyl， nr. Kiev， Ukraine: explosion and fire in the graphite core of one of four reactors released radioactive material that spread over part of the Soviet Union， eastern Europe， Scandinavia， and later western Europe. 31 claimed dead. Total casualties are unknown. Worst such accident to date.
1987
Sept. 18， Goiânia， Brazil: 244 people contaminated with cesium-137 from a cancer-therapy machine that had been sold as scrap. Four people died in worst radiation disaster in Western Hemisphere.
1999
Sept. 30， Tokaimura， Japan: uncontrolled chain reaction in a uranium-processing nuclear fuel plant spewed high levels of radioactive gas into the air， killing two workers and seriously injuring one other.
2004
Aug. 9， Mihama， Japan: nonradioactive steam leaked from a nuclear power plant， killing four workers and severely burning seven others.
ちょっと見当違いの方向にinspireされて調べてみました。
少ないな、というのが正直な感想。
でも一件当たりの犠牲者数や影響度は普通の爆発事故の比じゃないですが。
このまま世界は原発に推移していくと思うのだけど、
制御しきれない技術を使うのには反対だ。
まだまだ技術の発展が必要なのに、そのきっかけになる
incidentを隠すのは大間違い。
ちなみに、日本の原発基数は世界3位。(一位アメリカ、二位フランス)
平均稼動年数は20年。
世界最古の原発は46年物(今だ現役)だそうです。
せっかく印刷した資料を会社に忘れてきたので
また後ほど更新します。
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