Fukushimaulykken og teorien for det radioaktive henfald
Abstract
This paper explores the Fukushima dai-ichi accident that released large amounts of radioactive nuclides into the atmosphere, with focus on the reason why it happened in the first place and the consequences it had for the European population. The paper explains the two radioactive nuclides that people worried most about, iodine-131 and caesium-137, and how it could come into the human body and how it would interact with the body. The paper demonstrates the theory behind radioactive decay with focus on halve life and activity. The paper also explains the radiation doses that is used to determine the harm the radiation can have on biological tissue. The paper analyses the amount of radioactive nuclides released into the atmosphere and the spread from Fukushima in Japan to Europe in order to determine consequences. Furthermore the paper discusses the parallel between the Fukushima dai-ichi accident and the Chernobyl accident from 1986. The paper characterizes the genre popular science article and which role the readers have on how the article is written. The paper then demonstrates how a popular science article can be written when about the theme of the Fukushima dai-ichi accident and its consequences for a self-elected media and target group. The paper then analyses and discusses the article and its features used. [Læs mere…]