Fukushima Informative Speech

Purpose To inform the sense of hearing about the heroic actions of the Fukushima Daiichi cleanup body of workers. Thesis The Fukushima Daiichi cleanup workers argon incredibly brave. Introduction The Fukushima Daiichi atomic happening was the largest atomic disaster since Chernobyl. It measured 7 on the Nuclear Event Scale, which is the highest rating. The Fukushima Daiichi atomic disaster was initiated by a magnitude 9 earthquake. This earthquake caused a tsunami with waves reaching up to 133 feet to crash on the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant. This caused major damage to the nuclear plant.Workers were needed to keep this already terrible incident from escalading. The Fukushima Daiichi cleanup workers ar incredibly brave. Today, I would like to tell you about the bravery of the Fukushima 50, the Skilled Veterans army corps, and the Fukushima Firefighters. Body 1)The Fukushima 50 are a assembly of 50 workers who remained to clean up the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant a. The name Fukushima 50 was created by the media honoring these workers i. It was an endearing name given to these brave custody who stayed behind to defuse the nuclear meltdown.II. These men knew the dangers, yet they stayed in bon ton to protect the creation from this nuclear disaster. iii. One unnamed existence said, We felt like members of the Tokkotai. (BBC) b. The Fukushima 50 inspired bravery in other people as head i. Days after these brave workers volunteered, nearby companies sent in more volunteers to support the Fukushima 50. ii. Companies such as Toshiba, Hitachi, Yokohama, Kawasaki, and many others sent in teams of volunteers to help out 1. These workers did jobs such as spraying water to calm down the reactor cores, decontamination, installing water pumps and many other crucial jobs. ii. The combined effort of all these workers helped the circumstance from getting worse and protected the public from the radiation Transition 1 The efforts of the Fukushima 5 0 inspired a group of Japaneses seniors dubbed the suicide corps to volunteer. 2)The group of Japanese seniors called the Skilled Veterans Corps stubborn to volunteer in an effort to replace some of the younger workers a. The Skilled Veterans Corps is a group of 250 people over the age of 60 who are provideing to volunteer. i. Their idea simple, since they are old, they will not live to see the wounding long-term effects of the radiation.They want to work instead of the younger coevals to prevent them from being exposed to these high levels of radiation. b. The media starting calling these men the suicide corps but they reject this nickname and prefer to go by The Skilled Veteran Corps. i. The name Suicide Corps is a play on the Kamikazes from World War II however, they say it is not suicide since they will not live to see the effects of the radiation. ii. Yasuteru Yamada, a member of the Skilled Veterans Corps, said to CNN, We have to work instead of them Elders have less sensi tivity to radiation. (CNN) iii. These members of the Skilled Veterans Corps are brave and selfless. Transition 2 The Skilled Veterans Corps were brave and selfless and the Fukushima wake upfighters shared these attributes.3)The Fukushima Firefighters are the brave men who helped defuse the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster. a. Fresh water was a key necessity to cool down the nuclear reactor cores. i. Without cherubic water, the core would overheat and explode causing more damage and spread the radiation further. ii. Tokyo fire departments elite Hyper Rescue Squad was specially trained for situations like this. 1. These firefighters braved the radiation in order to help cool down the cores b. The members of the Hyper Rescue Squad had to leave there familys behind in order to combat the nuclear disaster. i. Yasuhiro Ishiis, a member of the Hyper Rescue Squad, wife asked him if he really had to go to Fukushima and begged him not too. ii. However Ishii said, Normally, a mission invol ves saving a limited number of people, but this was something much bigger.It snarly not only the helping the entire nation but also future generations. I had to go. (Telegraph UK) cobblers last Today I have spoken to you all about bravery of the Fukushima 50, the Skilled Veterans Corps, and the Fukushima Firefighters. These Brave men have risked it all in order to clean up and decontaminate the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Disaster. They did this so that the public would be saved from the radiation and so that future generations would not have to bear he harmful effects of radiations. These men deserve our respect and graditude