Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty

Victor Ninov is a former high energy physicist at Lawrence Berkley National Laboratory (LBNL) who specialized in synthesizing heavy elements. Ninov has participated in the discovery of element 110 darmstadtium, element 111 roentgenium and element 112 copernicium. Ninov is famous for designing a computer software that detects the decay chain of chemical elements with an atomic number greater than 92. Ninov was the only one in the group capable of using the computer software and then he would…

Mark Bowden attempts to answer whether there is a clear way of dealing with North Korea in his article. He begins by discussing North Korea’s advances in their nuclear warfare program and how it has impacted the United States. In the past the United States has tried to control North Korea by threatening them as well as relying on China to intervene when tensions arise, and committing cyber sabotage. Due to North Korea paying little to no attention to these warnings, the United States is being…

comes to mind 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…

Coercive diplomacy is a threat diplomacy whereby one of the actors threatens the other with repercussions, whether of a military, economic or social nature. This diplomatic tactic involves using the threat of the war in Europe or launching a nuclear attack in exchange for ceding the requirements of the other state. This diplomacy is therefore an instrument of prevention and management of conflicts before the conduct of a State that, otherwise, could end up causing a warlike confrontation in…

Internally, the US government was also fearful of losing power within its nation. This is already evident in the opening of the documentary which showed the nuclear bomb testing in Bikini Atoll, where the American public were filled with skepticism. This led to Vice Admiral Blandy, Commander of the Bikini Test justifying himself, “the bomb will not start a chain reaction in the water, converting it all to gas and letting all the ships on all the oceans drop down to the bottom. It will not blow…

These two articles both have substantial points for aggressive arguments for Iran acquiring nuclear weapons and why Iran should not. “Iran and the Bomb” takes an approach against Iran having nuclear power. Kahl argues that this could be a threat for other states, while on the other side, Waltz debates that this could create stability for Iran and the Middle East. I agree with Kahl’s article, “Iran and the Bomb” because I also believe that theorists, Kenneth Waltz, is respectfully wrong in a…

leak into the soil and cause significant damage. During the world wars, uranium ammunition was used in large quantities, and since this compound is radioactive, it had negative impacts on the local environment. The world wars also saw the U.S. use nuclear weapons on the two…

Atomic Energy Introduction: Scientists are able to address human cancer by using Atomic-energy. Atomic-energy or higher referred to as Nuclear-energy is the energy inside of the nucleus of an atom. Nuclear-energy is the type of energy that is regularly released during the process of nuclear-fission or nuclear-fusion and is typically used for electricity. Atoms are microscopic particles that make up every and each object inside the universe. There is gigantic energy inside the bonds that can…

Kung Chen Period 6: Speech and Debate Summary: A few weeks ago, the North Korean government proclaimed that it would launch a long range rocket between February 8th and February 25th. North Korea claims that its rocket program is peaceful and aimed at gathering weather data; however, because North Korea’s relationship with many other countries and organizations is strained, groups, such as the American government as well as the United Nations, have been carefully watching the isolated country.…

With growing widespread use of nuclear power, around the world and the historic nuclear disaster, of Chernobyl, still in peoples minds it begs the question of whether or not the pros outweigh the cons. Nuclear power provides 20% of the power inside the United States according to the Nuclear Energy Institute and with 104 nuclear power plants inside the US alone the security of these power plants can not be overlooked. Since 911 the security of nuclear power plants took a drastic reform as it…