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    Kyle Leech Teachers Name History 102 12/10/2013 Abolition of Nuclear Weapons Nuclear weapons possess enormous destructive power. This power is derived from nuclear fission and fusion reactions. These scientific advances were discovered in the 1930s. The Manhattan Project was the research and development project that produced the first atomic bomb during World War II. It was led by the United States with the support of the United Kingdom and Canada. After Germany surrendered in World War II

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    Nuclear Weapons Are Bad

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    The instant a one megaton nuclear bomb is dropped everyone within a six mile radius of the drop site will be instantly vaporized. The people will literally not have known what hit them‚ because they will have vanished before the electrical signals from their sense organs can reach their brains. These are the people who are lucky‚ when it comes to a nuclear bombing. Those within a ten mile radius will have instantly become blind‚ and people even further away would become blind if they were looking

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    Harm of Nuclear Weapon

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    only nuclear power to have used a nuclear weapon - the United States has a moral responsibility to act. Good morning respected judges teachers and my dear friends I here today to speak on the topic dangers of nuclear weapons We all know that the effect of the nuclear explosion in hiroshima and Nagasaki can be felt even today the survivors tell us that no one should ever undergo what they have been through a nuclear explosion creates a living hell where the living envy the dead. A nuclear weapon

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    Fallout: Nuclear Weapons

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    the earth. Nuclear weapons by far have been one of the most dangerous things the earth has experienced (Effects of Nuclear Weapons). After a nuclear weapons kisses the ground‚ not only will the incineration of the terrain occur for miles; but also these radioactive particles will be scattered into the clouds (Effects of Nuclear Weapons). Humans who are exposed to outrages amounts of radioactivity usually will not survive very long after birth or after surviving the blast. As the nuclear warhead scourges

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    The Nuclear Weapon Controversy The question of whether countries should have nuclear weapons or be able to test them is a very controversial topic among the public. "A nuclear weapon is an explosive device that derives its destructive force from nuclear reactions‚ either fission or a combination of fission and fusion." (Vicky: "Nuclear Weapon"). The destructive atomic bomb is an example of a nuclear weapon. The United States used the atomic bomb to destroy the cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki‚

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    Nuclear weapons are considered threats to the human race and have made the world an insecure residence for living organisms. Nuclear weapons are destructive weapons that obtain its force from nuclear fission and nuclear fusion reactions. Both of these procedures use the process of either splitting the atomic particles apart or joined together to absorb maximum energy. The questioning possibility of generating cumulative energy through the splitting of atoms was discussed during Rutherford’s time

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    Nuclear Weapons Debate

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    Nuclear Weapons Debate The icing of my debate is the use of nuclear weapons. This is all about public controversies relating to the use of nuclear weapons. Nuclear disarmament refers to both the act of reducing or eliminating nuclear weapons and to the end state of a nuclear-free world. It is said by Edward Gladstone. “We look forward to the time when the power of love will replace the love of power. Then our world will know the blessing of peace”- The use of nuclear power is highly fatal

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    A nuclear explosion is caused by the release of energy in an atom‚ either through fission or fusion. Fission weapons cause an explosion by the splitting of atomic nuclei. This happens when a neutron collides with the nucleus of an atom. The protons in the nucleus are transformed into a great amount of energy and two or three more neutrons are sent out‚ which go on to split other nuclei. If this continues‚ a chain reaction will occur. The result is a gigantic explosion. To form a chain reaction‚ a

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    A Nuclear Family o A "nuclear" family is two parents of opposite sex and their children. A nuclear family‚ named from the idea of it being the family at the "nucleus" of other family groups‚ consists of a father‚ mother and any number of their children. It is defined by blood relation of the parents and children and the marriage of the parents. Because this term does not include other variations of family units‚ it is becoming antiquated as it is more common to see families that do not fit into

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    Banning Nuclear Weapons

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    Timco Composition 2 Mrs. Ferguson 4/15/2011 Banning Nuclear Weapons Testing Do you know how much money our nation spends on weapons? We have more than enough and aren’t allowed to use one in war without the complications of Nuclear Winter. Our country should reduce the amount of funding on nuclear weapons. However‚ in the one situation where we may need to incinerate a chemical war zone‚ a nuclear weapon is necessary. Nuclear weapons testing should be done on a much smaller scale on the back

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