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Tristan Claxton 2nd Hour
Claim
Nuclear bombs should be taken away and power plants should be shut down because each one of these is destroying a lot more than what was planned for.
What would the world be like if a single country had the power to destroy the Earth with just a couple of bombs. Unfortunately, this is already happened and there is no turing back now, but there may be a way to stop it.
Bombs Cause Fear.
Nuclear Fallout
It is very possible that these countries could have the technology to launch bombs all the way to the U.S.
In 1992, 82% of americans were against the use of nuclear bombs, and wanted a treaty to be approved that would remove them completely.
It is hard trust a nuclear super power and an enemy of the U.S.
" Maybe 18 months from now North Korea will be a nuclear power. South Korea, Taiwan and Japan will then be tempted to follow suit. The stakes are high" ("What to Do With A Vision Of Zero").
If either North Korea or Iran get ahold of nuclear weapon with the capability to reach the U.S, it could be the start of WWIII. ("What to Do With A Vision Of Zero")
"The American public also strongly backs the treaty, with a June 1999 poll showing 82 percent want it approved" (Ann Scott Tyson).
Nuclear Power Plant Meltdowns
"It concludes that based on records now available, some 985,000 people died, mainly of cancer, caused by the Chernobyl accident" (Karl Grassman).
" The Nevada Test Site may ultimately cause between 7,500 and 75,000 cases of thyroid cancer" (Sid Perkins).
Depending on their size, particles in this cloud will fall to Earth relatively soon, or they may drift in the atmosphere for a long time" (Dean Allan Haycock).
Scientist did not realize,at the time, that the radiation from the bombs were causing people cancer.
Not only does the bomb effect the ground, it is slowly killing our atmosphere as well.
After the accident in Chernobyl not just did it make it impossible to live there, but almost a million people died from the fallout even almost twenty years after the fact.
Counterclaim
Some people can say that nuclear bombs would be a better for the country and better protection from other countries.
"The accident has resulted in a number of deaths and hundreds of casualties and has prompted an evacuation of perhaps thousands in the region" ( Janet Raloff and Dietrick E. Thomsen).
" Rice, vegetables, milk, fruits, and flowers have all been contaminated or are not being allowed to grow" ( Akira Tashiro).
Three meltdowns simultaneously is way more radiation than it should ever be in an area at one time
The amount of fallout would be tramendous and kill hundreds of people.
After all this radiation has traveled and prevented farmers from growing food, the countries food supply will begin to run low and make the country hard to live in.
In the wake of simultaneous meltdowns in three nuclear reactors at Fukushima, a first in nuclearpower history, public anger and anxiety rose quickly in Japan" (Akira Tashiro).
It is a scary reality to know that an accident like that can be around for almost a century with no way of getting rid of it.
Rebuttal
War
The use of nuclear bombs during some wars have caused numerous casualties, and more as time went on.
Nuclear bombs have caused many more bad things.
Alliances
With the creation of the nuclear bomb came alliances of countries that are enemies of the U.S and overall could cause harm to the US.
In Conclusion:
Despite providing ultimate protection from the enemy and providing an advantage for the military, the overall cost, both human and Earth, is substantial. The nuclear bomb, and nuclear power plants, should be shutdown and be rid of. In the end, peace is the answer, not a massive super weapon.
Work Cited
Grossman, Karl. "The Consequences of Chernobyl."
Synthesis/Regeneration Fall 2010: 36. Global Issues in Context. Web. 17 Sept. 2015.
Haycock, Dean Allen. "Radioactive Fallout." The Gale
Encyclopedia of Science. Ed. K. Lee Lerner and Brenda Wilmoth Lerner. 3rd ed. Vol. 5. Detroit: Gale, 2004. 3345-346. Gale Virtual Reference Library. Web. 17 Sept. 2015.
Perkins, Sid. "Full Report of Nuclear Fallout Test
Released." Science News 11 Oct. 1997: 231. Student Resources in Context. Web. 17 Sept. 2015.
Raloff, Janet, and Dietrick E. Thomsen. "Chernobyl May
Be Worst Nuclear Accident." Science News 3 May 1986: 276. Student Resources in Context. Web. 17 Sept. 2015.
Tashiro, Akira. "Finally, No to Nuclear Power."
Progressive Dec. 2011: 39. Student Resources in Context. Web. 17 Sept. 2015.
Tyson, Ann Scott. "Could Treaty Hurt US Superiority?
Senate Debate over the Nuclear-test Pact Centers on Divergent Views of." The Christian Science Monitor 13 Oct. 1999: 1. Global Issues in Context. Web. 10 Sept. 2015.
"What to Do with a Vision of Zero; Nuclear
Disarmament." Economist 15 Nov. 2008: 73(US). Global Issues in Context. Web. 10 Sept. 2015.