Nuclear Weapons Should Be Carried Out

Nuclear weapons are like the latest toys for state actors. It’s something that everyone wants to have because it shows your strength, wealth and power. Trying to deter people away from that will be a very difficult task. However, I believe that it is achievable to prevent future states from nuclear proliferation. I believed that if we get all the nuclear states on board with a campaign for nuclear disbarment policy, it could be achieved. That would entail involving the U.N and the IAEA and of course major funding to start this campaign. In addition to having a campaign for nuclear disarmament, it would also be very important to stress how they’re other ways to protect ones country other than nuclear weapons. Options, which include other technologies similar to nuclear weapons without nuclear waste being involved, biological weapons, chemical weapons and the old fashion

“A nuclear bomb is defined as ‘an explosive device that derives its destructive force from nuclear reactions, either fission or a combination of fission and fusion. Both reactions release vast quantities of energy from relatively small amounts of matter.’ “

To create a nuclear bomb, nuclear fission must occur. The process of nuclear fission was splitting the nucleus of an atom. Splitting an atom was caused by neutrons firing through one atom and then that atom’s neutrons shoot off into other atoms, starting a chain reaction. In October of 1934, Enrico Fermi, and

Nuclear weapons have been used twice in war – on Hiroshima and Nagasaki in 1945. More than 210,000 civilians died, while many more suffered small injuries. Even if a nuclear weapon were never again exploded over a city, there are horrible effects from the production, testing and deployment of nuclear weapons that are experienced as a personal and community catastrophe by lots of people around the world. This must inform and motivate efforts to get rid of these weapons.

The United States decision to use atomic bombs to end the war appeared to be the saving grace for the American people. Once World War II came to an end as a result of the bombings of the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, however, the eyes of Americans were opened to the possibility that what they viewed as salvation for their country could be equated with the evils committed by the Axis powers. For example, many trials were held against German men that were a part of the Nazi operation that executed the Holocaust, and these men were charged and executed for crimes against humanity. They decimated millions of people’s lives because they were taught that it was necessary for the further prevalence of their country. Many Americans possessed the same feelings towards the issue to drop the nuclear bombs on Japan. They felt that the bombs were necessary to end the war and save the “innocent” lives of American soldiers. Nevertheless, while this may or may not have been true, other innocent lives were taken in the process. As Manley Pointer was disguised as a prophet who could offer hope for Hulga, America was disguised as the deliverer from the atrocities of war. However, in contrast, America furthered the atrocities of war and left the Japanese as vulnerable and wounded as Manley left Hulga on the loft. As O’Connor stated in her commentary “On Her Own Work,” the contemporary age “not only does not have a very sharp eye for the almost imperceptible intrusions of grace, it

Albert Einstein developed an equation for this process, E=mc^2. To summarize this equation, energy is lost or produced when a change in mass occurs. So the process of nuclear fission begins with a neutron. The neutron then strikes the Uranium nucleus, causing the Uranium nucleus to split into two Uranium nuclei. By splitting the nucleus, it also produces more neutrons, and with those neutron, it continues to split the Uranium nucleus. From this uncontrolled process of fission, nuclear weapons can be made. This process is known as a nuclear chain reaction. The energy released (exothermic reaction) from this chain reaction is what powered the atomic bombs.

The creation of the atomic bomb starts first with a complicated background in physics. When neutron combines with the nucleus of an atom of the isotopes uranium 235 or plutonium-239, it causes the nucleus to split into two fragments. In the process of splitting, a great amount of thermal energy, plus gamma rays and neutrons, are released. The escaping neutrons strike and then divide more of the surrounding uranium nuclei, which then discharge more neutrons that still split more nuclei. This series of rapidly multiplying divisions culminates in a chain

One of the most rememberable nuclear bombings done by the United States, these bombs were used on Hiroshima and Nagasaki in retaliation of Pearl Harbor (Kroenig). Even though nukes were used a little, fission bombs were the main type of bombs that the Ally bombers would use on their bombing raids. (Kroenig). These fission bombs had a big blast radius, which led to more destruction (Kroenig). Without these kind of bombs, bomber planes wouldn’t have been as effective as they were.

In history, there are a lot of moments where the biggest decisions are made and everyone is either fully against it or for it. No matter who decides the outcome or who decides what is going to happen, there will always be people there to argue the decision. Key events in time where I believe this style of opinions are when the United States dropped the Atomic bombs in Japan. There are a lot of arguments back then and still today that are questioning the necessity of the use of atomic bombs by the United States. Though anyone who knows history should agree with the opinion I stand for. I believe that the use of the atomic bomb was necessary for the United States in ending the war.

This process is called nuclear fission. The hydrogen bomb uses nuclear fusion, while the atomic bomb uses nuclear fission

What is an atomic bomb? Well, an atomic bomb is a bomb that derives its destructive power from a rapid release of nuclear energy by fission of heavy atomic nuclei, causing damage through heat, blast, and radioactivity. In 1938, German scientists Otto Hahn and his assistant Fritz Strassmann discovered nuclear fission. (iaea.org) Nuclear fission is when “the

The atomic bombs great power is created with a chain reaction of the uranium-235’s atom. This isotope is highly radioactive and gives off much radiation and because it is an isotope, the atom is no longer stable. Inside the atom there are four forces occurring, the electromagnetic, gravitational, strong and weak force. The electromagnetic force forces protons, from the nucleus, and electrons, from the electron cloud, to attract and also keeps the electrons orbiting around the nucleus. The strong force is greater than the electromagnetic force and acts on the quarks and gluons that make up the protons in the nucleus. The strong force prevents protons that get too close to each other in the nucleus from repelling. The gravitational force is what keeps both the protons and neutrons in the nucleus due to their large mass and close distance. The force of the nucleus is the strongest force in the world and the nucleus of uranium is in much strain because of the critical mass and gravitational force. When one more neutron is added to the nucleus, it splits, this process is called fission. When the atom splits it causes a chain reaction, and releases three neutrons which each hit three more uranium-235 atoms and triggers more atoms to be split. This process occurs to all atoms in the bomb in only seconds and until there are no more unstable atoms to be split. The weak force in an atom is what allows them to be unstable. The force acts on the quarks and gluons in protons and changes them into neutrons or an isotope which is unstable and is capable for fission. Albert Einstein contributed to the Manhattan Project and building the atomic bomb with his famous equation E=MC2. This equation shows how to find the amount of energy an atom contains. And during the explosion of the atomic bomb, an immense amount of energy was given off by the split atoms which is found based on the equation. In the final

Atomic bombs are made up of uranium, that has an isotope that creates a nuclear chain reaction. The immediate energy release per atom is about 180 million electron volts. It is caused by a sudden release of energy produced by splitting the nuclei of the fissile elements making up the bombs' core.

Large portions of the bombs energy comes from nuclear fusion of hydrogen isotopes.There are three stages to the fusion bomb the first stage is called the

Did you know that nine countries hold all 15,375 nuclear weapons on Earth? (World Nuclear Weapon Stockpile). Nuclear weapons are harmful to the environment, and of the 15,375 on Earth today, most are many times more powerful and harmful than the ones dropped on Japan in 1945. Nuclear weapons are harmful to the environment, and can affect the detonation area for years to come; therefore, we should institute an international committee to control nuclear weapon use.