How Does Nuclear Power Negatively Affected The World

It is unclear as to why such devastation necessary. These targets were cities, not exclusive military positions. The deaths were mostly civilians, not soldiers. Countless innocent lives were ruined by this choice

The total amount of Japanese deaths caused by the bombings was about 199,000 people, including American POW’s (Prisoners

dropped on the city of Nagasaki. The bomb killed 37,500 instantly; the radiation later killed

Nagasaki and Hiroshima were two of the cities that had the biggest concentration of Japanese soldiers. Dropping the bombs on the heavily militarized cities forced the Japanese to surrender. Immediately, more than 130,000 people died. Tens of thousands died later from radiation poisoning (www.inhomelandsecurity.com). Even though a massive amount of people were

“At 1:45 a.m. on August 6, 1945, a US B-29 bomber, named Enola Gay, took off from Tinian Island in the Mariana Islands. It carried the world 's second atomic bomb, the first having been detonated three weeks earlier at a United States test site in Alamogordo, New Mexico. The Enola Gay carried one atomic bomb, with an enriched uranium core. The bomb had been named "Little Boy." It had an explosive force of some 12,500 tons of TNT. At 8:15 a.m. that morning, as the citizens of Hiroshima were beginning their day, the Enola Gay released its horrific cargo, which fell for 43 seconds before detonating at 580 meters above Shima Hospital near the center of the city.”

Do you know the repercussions for using nuclear energy? Do you know how much it costs to fund nuclear energy? Do you know what a nuclear accident could do to thousands of people? Nuclear energy was first used in a peaceful manner, but in August 6, 1946, a tragic event called Hiroshima happened. (The History of Nuclear Energy 1985) Nuclear energy should not be used because it can cause a negative impact on all living beings, it is an expensive way to produce energy, and nuclear energy can cause great tragedies.

Hiroshima, selected as the first target, was a manufacturing center of some 350,000 people. The bomb, known as “Little Boy”, was dropped by parachute at 8:15 a.m., exploding 2,000 feet in the air and destroying five square miles of the city. The explosion left 90 percent of Hiroshima in ruins, while killing 80,000 people and making countless others susceptible to radiation exposure. Although detrimental to Japan and the manufacturing city, the Japanese failed to surrender.

Seventy-one years ago, Japanese destruction of cities by bombs caused a large number of casualties. At 8:15 A.M on August 6, 1945, the United States released the atomic bomb. Sheinkin reported flash of light followed immediately and “a mushroom cloud rose approximately 30,000 feet; vaporizing anyone within 1,000 yards in its path (Sheinkin, )”. The Shockwave destroyed even more lives. The Japanese government stated, “About 70,000 people were dead already. Over 100,000 more would die of wounds, burns, and radiation

August 6, 1945 around 8:15 AM the nuclear weapon by the name of “Little Boy” was dropped on Hiroshima by a B-29 heavy bomber flying at high altitude. Hiroshima’s location consisted of a low flat delta in which seven rivers flowed through. “Little Boy” was such a powerful fifteen kiloton bomb that it exploded in the middle of the city, demolishing everything within a one-mile radius and destroying over four square miles of the city. Since Nagasaki’s bomb was more powerful than Hiroshima’s bomb Nagasaki suffered more in terms of damage than Hiroshima.

Seventy-one years ago, the destruction of Japanese cities by bombs caused a large number of casualties. At 8:15 A.M on August 6, 1945, the United States released the atomic bomb. Sheinkin reported a flash of light followed immediately by “a mushroom cloud rose approximately 30,000 feet; vaporizing anyone within 1,000 yards in its path (Sheinkin, )”. The Shockwave destroyed, even more, lives. The Japanese government stated, “About 70,000 people were dead already. Over 100,000 more would die of wounds, burns, and radiation

Nuclear power is one of the most controversial issues of today’s society. This stems from the fact that although nuclear power holds vast amounts of potential, it currently has many problems. One of the main problems is figuring out what to do with the waste. The waste itself is too dangerous to dispose of in any conventional way, so presently, most of it is sealed in concrete casks and put into storage (in bunkers) until it stops being dangerous. This might not seem like a bad idea at first, but the problem with this idea is that the waste won’t stop being dangerous for many, many years. There have to be better solutions to this problem.

According to the accounts of several Japanese doctors and survivors, this was not just an ordinary bomb but an atomic bomb. Apart from instantly killing thousands of people, the atomic bomb left the survivors with strange symptoms and injuries such as burns and illnesses. “About a week after the bomb was dropped on Hiroshima; an unclear, incomprehensible gossip reached the city – that the city had been wrecked by the energy released when atoms were somehow split into two” (Hersey 62). The attack by the American troops totally shocked the city and its public with unbelievably overwhelming effects. For instance, from an estimated total of two hundred and fifty thousand people that were living in the city, over a hundred thousand people were killed by the attack, and a hundred thousand more were injured or affected by the poisoning from radiation.

Thus, wreaking havoc on environmental safely on a global scale, intoxication, poisoning, and destroying ecosystems. Secondly, nuclear energy is considered non-renewable energy, rather an alternative energy source, since Uranium is non-renewable. Even though nuclear power plants produce the least amount of Co2. Consequently, Uranium is the biggest concern on pollution. The mining and refining process of Uranium hasn’t been a clean process to a certain degree because transporting it represents a pollution hazard during its transport to and from nuclear power plants. Besides, being radioactive and dangerous. On the contrary, Nuclear power plants only pose a minute threat to the safety of the environment by its transportation of spent fuel not during the actual operation of the power plants as opposed to the more outdated fossil fuel power plants. For instance, fossil fuel power plants contribute tremendously to pollution during their operation. Not only-but also, the methods of transportation from mining and waste. The ecological hazard is even greater. Fossil fuel power plants produce pollution just by operating them. On the other hand, Nuclear energy does not create pollution during electricity production. Therefore, reinforcing one of the major advantage nuclear energy retains over traditional fossil fuel methods is that, “nuclear power production releases no pollutants into the air. By contrast, a typical coal-burning power plant

“On August 6, 1945, the world entered the Atomic Age. Without warning, a single nuclear bomb was dropped on the Japanese city of Hiroshima, killing about 90,000 people instantly and injuring many others — who died from radiation sickness soon after. Three days later, a second atomic strike on the city of Nagasaki killed some 37,000 people and injured another 43,000. Together, the two bombs eventually killed an estimated 200,000 Japanese civilians” (Collective Evolution, 2017). They released two bombs on two different locations. “Little Boy” was dropped on Hiroshima in Japan. Three days later a second atomic bomb named “Fat Man” was dropped on the city of Nagasaki.

Not only it leaks and spills it threatens the environment. But still there isn’t any satisfying solution for the nuclear waste storage or disposal. Even though is waste it highly toxic and dangerous. Nuclear waste can harm people and the environment. However nuclear waste can be used to make weapons but this type of