Engineering Misjudgment

Texas Tech 2010 chemistry lab explosion

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Learn more about the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Association in this episode of Alphabet Soup

Proof of baby Shannon competing at the NOSB. http://nosb.org 

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Discussing the worst methane leak at the Marcellus Shale with guest Thomas Marshall III & Caleb Todd. Go check their podcast and blog here: https://www.whynotapodcast.com. 

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Learn more about the U.S. Energy Information Administration in this episode of alphabet soup.

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Learn more about the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency in this bonus episode

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1969 Cuyahoga River Fire

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Learn more about the U.S. Chemical Safety Board on this first episode of Alphabet Soup.

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Three Mile Island Accident & Nuclear Energy

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• Blakemore, E. (2019, March 27). How the Three Mile Island Accident Was Made Even Worse By a Chaotic Response. HISTORY. https://www.history.com/news/three-mile-island-evacuation-orders-controversy
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The Bhopal Tragedy and Plume Gas.

*correction: UUC should be UCC (Union Carbide Corp.)

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• Anderson, C. (2014, November 2). Warren M. Anderson, who was chief of Union Carbide during the Bhopal disaster in 1984, dies at 92. Washington Post. https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/warren-m-anderson-who-led-union-carbide-during-1984-bhopal-disaster-dies-at-92/2014/11/02/31aa9c9e-61d8-11e4-8b9e-2ccdac31a031_story.html
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Dust and the Imperial Sugar Explosion. 

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• CSB, Investigation Report: Sugar Dust Explosion and Fire (2009). Retrieved September 12, 2021, from https://www.csb.gov/assets/1/20/imperial_sugar_report_final_updated.pdf?13902. 
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