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Should Nuclear Weapons Be Outlawed Research Paper

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Bibek Adhikari
Dr. Rutledge
ENGL 1302-71058
5 November 2017
Should Nuclear Weapon Be Outlawed Worldwide?
The technological advancement of the 21st century made it very simple for countries to make nuclear weapons. Even terrorists can also make their own nuclear weapons if they access a very small amount of atomic weapon substance. The nations of the world are working hard to access nuclear weapons to become powerful and to avoid the power and influence of other nations already having nuclear weapons. Due to this, nuclear weapons should be outlawed worldwide because they are proved deadly and incredibly destructive, however, the problem today is not to limit the further production of nuclear weapons, but to establish strategies that could help …show more content…

For making nuclear bomb equal to the size used in Nagasaki or Hiroshima, 25 kg of Highly Enriched Uranium (HEU) or 8 kg of Plutonium are sufficient. Plutonium is a biproduct of nuclear-power industry. Plutonium can be easily separated from the waste products of the nuclear-power industry using simple chemical processes. More than five countries are already using nuclear power reactors for making electricity in which plutonium is extracted as a waste product of uranium. Moreover, around eleven countries have the technology that is used in the separation of Plutonium from the waste products of nuclear reactors. Furthermore, today on the planet earth, around two million kilograms of usable nuclear weapons material exist that is comprise of half a million kg of separated Plutonium, and around one and a half kg of HEU. This is quite difficult to effectively safeguard this highly destructive material from getting into the hands of terrorists and proliferators. (Burt, Richard, and Jan Lodal)
The humanitarian concerns for the development and use of nuclear weapons is increasing due to their unique features. For example, nuclear weapons release a set of powerful forces in the form of blast waves, thermal radiation causing intense heat, and intense iodized radiation. These powerful forces have an ability to travel to large distances causing massive destruction. …show more content…

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