 Why have people become increasingly paranoid and scared since the first atomic bomb dropped in 1945

 Death  North Korea  Chernobyl  Reactors  Atomic Bomb  Casualties  Destruction  Diseases  WWII  Nuclear Waste  Russia  Cold War  Hiroshima  Cancer  Radiation  Iraq  Manhattan Project  Iran

 1940’s Manhattan Project  First Atomic bombs were dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki  Cities Flattened  40,000 – 75,000 died  Died from explosion and from radiation after the initial explosion

 1986 reactor accident caused 10,000 to 15,000 deaths  More exposure to radiation than Hiroshima bombs  Radiation is still there up to this day  4000 cases of Thyroid cancer

 Cold War  North Korea creating Nuclear Weapons  War on Iraq  Terrorists could use nuclear weapons

 Studied an Aboriginal Community where there are small doses of uranium in their drinking water  Found that the small doses of uranium intake through a 15 year period had little affect in increasing cancer likeliness (13 in 100,00)  BUT, the population studied is very small so isn’t very accurate

 Between 1950 and 1960 radioactive waste was thrown into techa river which greatly affected those who lived on the banks that internally and externally contacted the radioactivity.  Found breast cancer rates increased greatly.  This is also a problem of Nuclear Waste, however later on we will learn that in present day reactors, nuclear waste isn’t an issue

 HEU can be found in the ground around the world  Terrorists can easily access this material  WWII atomic bombs had a very simple mechanism which Terrorists can easily incorporate given they had the money  Although WWII Atomic bomb is weak and incomparable to present day Nuclear weapons, it can still flatten cities and cause great damage.

 Only very recently did North Korea announce a successful testing of an Atomic Bomb as powerful as the ones created in the Manhattan Project in WWII  North Korea broke U.N Security Council Rules  U.S is demanding North Korea stop  North Korea is only further isolating themselves  Yet at the same time posing a threat to international security

 Treaties have been signed: 1. Nuclear non-proliferation treaty 2. Limited Test Ban Treaty  U.N Security Council are trying to maintain order  Countries are keeping Nuclear Reactors safe from Terrorists

 Present day Nuclear Reactors have guidelines  Something like the Chernobyl Incident will never happen again

 Nuclear Waste is take care of very safely nowadays  The waste is isolated and left to decay naturally  After 99.9% of the radioactivity has decayed they take the waste and use it productively (electricity etc.)

 Scientists created realistic radioactive situations and compared it to common diseases such as obesity, minor smoking and air pollution  Comparing particularly the survivors of the Chernobyl Incident  Found that such radioactive exposure is LESS harmful compared to previously mentioned common diseases.

 The U.S and Russia has recently decided to THROW AWAY 68 tonnes of Weapon Grade Plutonium  They are doing this to encourage other nations  The WGP will be taken to create electricity

 As previously mentioned it is not difficult for terrorists to access HEU, but all nation’s military are protecting known sources and the U.S is encouraging them to hand the HEU over to be thrown away  Although it isn’t so difficult to create an atomic bomb  BUT Terrorists will need 2million USD to create one

 You just watched my presentation, you decide  OH and…If a nuclear bomb was to be dropped on our heads, we’d die so fast we wouldn’t feel anything :P sadistic? Yeah I know.

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