Discovery

Discovering an idea or an object can be very exciting to its keeper. It makes this person feel special. But these discoveries can sometimes have a detrimental effect. With looking at what's going on in the news lately, one beings to wish no one had ever discovered how create nuclear power or weapons. Something that is seen as so important has such a terrible effect. The object in my series eventually has this effect. Although the subject loves this object and wants to spend time with it, in the end it has a detrimental effect.

Quotes:

"TEPCO is now battling to avert a catastrophic meltdown at three of the six reactors at the Fukushima facility­, with a second hydrogen explosion early Monday morning signaling the difficulty of that effort."

 "At the Fukushima plant, a suspected hydrogen explosion early Monday blew the roof off the building housing the Number 3 reactor. A similar blast damaged the outer building of the Number 1 unit on Saturday. And at the Number 2 reactor, officials have indicated a complete failure of the cooling system caused the water level to fall, leaving the fuel rods fully exposed. The situation means that the rods will heat up, and increases the risk of an uncontrolled meltdown."

Chernobyl aftermath today

 "Japan Battles to Avert Nuclear Power Plant Disaster." Daily Nature and Science News and Headlines | National Geographic News. Web. 22 Mar. 2011. <http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/energy/2011/03/110314-japan-nuclear-power-plant-disaster/>.

This is a very interesting article explaining why the nuclear reactors were damaged and why it is so hard to cool them down. The article explains that the site was not built to withstand an earthquake as large as the one Japan experienced. Most of the damage though was done by the tsunami. All residents in a 12 mile radius are being evacuated due to radiation leaking out.