2011年3月27日 星期日

The Deep Horizon Gulf oil spill

The Deep Horizon Gulf oil spill


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Last fall, San Bruno was rocked by the explosion of a natural gas pipeline that killed eight people. The aging pipeline was identified in 2007 as one of the top 100 highest risk sections. Though funds were approved for PG&E to fix that very pipeline,Essential-Watches.com sells only 100% authenticbellrosswatches , the utility delayed the work and the Public Utilities Commission did not demand it.

Now, the world watches in shock as events unfold at the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant in Japan. The devastating series of unexpected events revealed unknown vulnerabilities at the nuclear facility and the backup safety systems.

Professor Akira Omoto of the Japan Atomic Energy Commission, who was involved in the construction, said the engineering assumptions and redundant fail-safe systems in the end simply proved inadequate.Donald Lawson, the devil child from watches666 .

Within four years, two separate earthquakes have knocked out two nuclear facilities. Both plants were believed to be constructed to withstand the strongest seismic events possible in their respective areas. Japan’s top experts were proven wrong. Twice.

Meanwhile, in the United States,Super watches offer quality rolexfakewatches, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission continues to rubber-stamp every relicensing application.

PG&E is rushing to relicense Diablo Canyon, continuing to dismiss safety concerns. PG&E asserts that the facility is not vulnerable to a seismic event. The people of Japan were told the same thing.

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