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    “I do not believe that civilization will be wiped out in a war fought with the atomic bomb. Perhaps two-thirds of the people of the earth will be killed.” - Albert Einstein. Einstein said this after the atomic bombs were dropped on Nagasaki and Hiroshima. Those atomic bombs were never intended to exist, took a lot to make, and were very brutal. The atomic bombs were never intended to exist. In 1938, word got out that the Germans were splitting the uranium atom, and were attempting to make an…

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    obliterated; a smoldering pile of ashes. The threat of nuclear terrorism is authentic, as well as the threat of nuclear accidents and environmental disruption. Nuclear energy, otherwise known as nuclear fusion, is the process used in nuclear reactors to provide energy using a highly radioactive element called uranium. The energy produced in a uranium atom is approximately ten million times greater than a burning fossil fuel atom. In the process of nuclear fusion, highly radioactive waste is…

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    Nuclear Pros And Cons

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    Nuclear power is used worldwide, but is put under the question as to if it is more beneficial than harmful. Nuclear power is the process of atomic reactions that produce a form of energy, in the United States providing about twenty percent of the country 's electricity. The controversy that pertains nuclear power use has been gradually escalating because some may believe that nuclear power plants are more harmful than safe and some may disagree of the matter. Nuclear power is questionable due to…

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    s nuclear power worth the risk? Are the positive aspects of nuclear power worth the possible negative outcomes? To use nuclear power, Uranium atoms must split, which is called fission. The heat produced from fission is what makes the water turn into steam. The steam is what makes the turbines turn and the turbines are used to generate electricity. Do the positive effects of using nuclear power out weight the possibility of building nuclear weapons? I think with government regulations and…

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    A nuclear weapon is an explosive device that derives its destructive force from nuclear reactions, either fission, in a fission bomb, or a combination of fission and fusion, like in a thermonuclear weapon. These weapons help make the world a more safe place, which is exactly why I believe that even though they are expensive, one Trillion Dollars over 30 years expensive, they are a necessary thing for today’s life. The production and use of nuclear weapons provide many jobs, help countries and…

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    Nuclear power plants have increased over the United States since the 1940s. In the states, there are 99 nuclear power plants. With all these plants, nearly three million Americans live within 10 miles of one. Citizens of Yankton live fairly close to a nuclear power plant which is Pathfinder Nuclear Generating Station located near the city of Sioux Falls. During the 1960, Sioux Falls was a hub of industry and productivity in South Dakota at the time. This made Sioux Falls the ideal place for…

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    Non-Proliferation

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    disarmament in the discussion on nuclear weapons, mean? Nuclear weapon is an explosive device that is used as a disinfectant such as is happening in Palestine now. It stems from the destructive power supplied from nuclear reactions whether he fission or a combination of fission and fusion. Since the enactment of the bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, these explosive weapons used more than two thousand times for tests and demonstrations. Due to these highly dangerous nuclear weapons, only a few…

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    when you hear the words nuclear weapons yes an extremely huge explosion that has a capacity to wipe out an entire island and everything else in it. Although they are often associated with death and devastation nuclear weapons have a good side surprise surprise but the majority still believe nuclear weapons should be deactivated and hidden away where no one can have access to them. A nuclear weapon is an explosive device that goes off because of nuclear reactions- fission fusion, or when two…

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    The Fukushima Dai’ichi Nuclear Power was one of 54 nuclear power plants operating throughout Japan in March of 2011. The plant contained 6 separate reactors designed by General Electric and maintained by the Tokyo Electric Power Company. Fukushima Dai’ichi lies about 140 miles northeast of Tokyo, Japan directly on the Pacific Ocean. At 1446 hrs (local JST) on Friday March 11, 2011, a Magnitude 9.0 earthquake struck 43 miles east of Sendai, Japan, (or about 65 miles northeast of Fukushima…

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    and many other fields. One such technology is the development of nuclear power. Nuclear energy is “the energy held in the nucleus of an atom; it can be obtained through two types of reactions – fission and fusion”1. Recently nuclear energy has become more important because of its various uses and applications, its effects on the environment, and based on the church’s opinions and the opinions of the military and governments, nuclear energy is an important tool that humans should continue to…

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