When talks about nuclear, a disaster cannot be avoided. Many
serious incidents happen in the recent world that caused by nuclear. For
example, Fukushima-Daishi nuclear disaster, Iran nuclear programme and North
Korea nuclear capability. These three examples are the latest nuclear related
incident. Fukushima-Daishi nuclear disaster was happened in March 11, 2011,
during the 9.0 earthquake at Japan. This natural disaster forming a tsunami
wave and instantly leaved a permanent damage to the Fukushima’s nuclear
reactor. A figure of damaged reactors is
shown below:-
Figure 1:
Fukushima-Daishi damage nuclear reactor.
The worlds especially the Japanese was suffered a lot
because of this disaster. For example, loss of life and long-expensive term of
repairing cost. According to experts, the full cleanup of the disaster would
take 40 years approximately. In terms of cost, Japan government estimated at
least $13 billion to decontamination (Baird J, 2011). Overall, the disaster is
a major hit for the world, especially the Japanese in terms of cost of life and
material which can be a future reference on the nuclear related incident.
Move on to the second issue, the Iran nuclear programme.
This programme has been a continuous nuclear-related issue in today’s world.
The tension between the Iran and West was triggered by this issue. The accusing
of having a nuclear bomb made Iran a target for the Western countries and its
allies. Iran just replied extensively by saying the nuclear programme was for
peace purpose, not for war. This issue was taken to the UN and talks begin to
resolve it. Until now, the agreement was not seen although the inspection has
been done by Mohamed ElBaradei, IAEA Director General (IAEA, 2004). In other
words, the Iran nuclear programme will bring a long, continuous tension between
the country and the West, which may result a new conflict at the Arab
continent.
The last issue that would be point out in this review is the
North Korea nuclear capability. This issue is also a long, continuous tension
between the North and South Korea, which backed by the US. Long after the
Korean War in 1950’s, the intention of gaining a nuclear power was initiated by
Kim Il Sung and at 2006, they declare the North has the nuclear weapon in their
arsenal. The figure below shows the North Korea missile and its capability:-
Figure 2: North Korea
missile arsenal.
In recent years, the tension was high because the US
regularly conducted a military exercise with the South and the North saw it as
a serious threat that could jeopardize its attention on avoiding an
international interference on the region. Plus, the issue sometimes resulting a
clash between the North and South. For example, the bombardment of Yeonpyeong
Island. The figure below shows the incident:-
Figure 3: Shore
bombardment at Yeonpyeong Island.
The incident will create more tension and longer fights
between the two countries. In conclusion, many of the latest issue of world
that was triggered by nuclear capability can be deadly and contribute to next
World War because of the denial and hypocrisy that shown from the nations
involved in the issue. Make sure we
avoid creating a scene because it can resolve to a deadly consequence.
Source:-
- · Baird J (2011), Japan to spend at least $13 billion for decontamination, World, Reuters.
- · http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bombardment_of_Yeonpyeong
- · http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fukushima_Daiichi
- · http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fukushima_disaster_cleanup#cite_note-Rie_Ishiguro-2
- · http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Korean_war
- · http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_Korea_and_weapons_of_mass_destruction
- · http://www.iaea.org/newscenter/focus/iaeairan/iran_timeline.shtml
- · http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/10/20/us-japan-nuclear-noda-idUSTRE79J3W020111020?feedType=RSS&feedName=worldNews&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+reuters%2FworldNews+(News+%2F+US+%2F+International)
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