The Effect of Technology on the Environment - 3832 Words

The Effect Of Technology On The Environment | Nishant S. Manohar | | | | GENTECH 3TO3 | 11/16/2012 | | Table of Contents Introduction 3 Chernobyl Disaster 7 Technology amp; Failure 7 Accident 9 Prevention 10 The BP Oil Spill 11 Technology, Failure amp; Prevention 11 The Bhopal Disaster 14 Technology, Failure amp; Prevention 14 Three Mile Island Accident 16 Technology, Failure amp; Prevention 16 Seveso Disaster 19 Technology, Failure amp; Prevention 19 Conclusion 21 References 22 Introduction â€Å"More and more Americans feel threatened by runaway technology, by large-scale organization, by overcrowding. More and more Americans are appalled by the ravages of industrial progress, by the defacement of nature,†¦show more content†¦(Approximately 567 USD) Technology amp; Failure The instantaneous and the most direct cause of the Chernobyl disaster was most definitely a mismanaged electrical-engineering experiment. The electrical and mechanical engineer were interested in investigating and finding out if they could obtain electricity from the turbine generator in the 4th reactor unit to run the water pumps during an emergency when the turbine was no longer being driven by the reactor but was still spinning initially. This was all done by engineers and technologists that had no knowledge of reactor physics. The engineers needed the reactor to wind up the turbine; then they planned to idle it to 2.5 percent power. There was an unexpected electrical demand on the afternoon of April 25th which actually delayed the entire experiment until 11:00 pm. When the experiment had finally started, they thought that they had to make up for lost time due to the delay, so they reduced the reactors power level too rapidly. This was their first major mi stake which led to a rapid and immediate buildup of neutron-absorbing fission within the reactor. 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