Term Papers on The Dangers Of Nuclear Progress

Term Paper Title	The Dangers Of Nuclear Progress
# of Words	615
# of Pages (250 words per page double spaced)	2.46

The Dangers of Nuclear "Progress"

Sita
20th Century
4/30/98

     In August of 1945, the United States dropped two atomic (nuclear) bombs on Japan, killing more than 140,000 people and leaving the cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki in ruins.  The dropping of the bombs not only marked the end of World War II, but demonstrated the incredible power and effects of nuclear technology, as well.  After seeing this, one would think that countries would realize the dangers of this new technology, and do something to get rid of it.  However, this has not been the case.  In fact, more and more nations have been producing their own nuclear weapons, even after they made agreements not to.  Now, with enough nuclear weapons to blow up the world a good 10 times, experts can't help but wonder if this "progress" has gone to far.
The dropping of the atomic bombs on Japan should have caused alarms to sound in people's heads…"Danger, danger!"  Just one of these bombs has the ability to wipe out an entire country.  The United States did make an attempt after World War II at eliminating nuclear proliferation by proposing the Baruch Plan in the United Nations.  This proposal stated that all nuclear technology and materials be placed under international ownership and that all nuclear weapons be destroyed.  However, the Soviet Union feared that the United States would always have a military advantage if they gave up their plans for building a nuclear device and, therefore, rejected the proposal.
I think that the refusal of the Soviet Union was a big mistake on their part.  Not only did they put the safety of the U.S.S.R on the line, but of the whole world, as well.  By rejecting that proposal, other countries would soon follow America's example, producing nuclear weapons of their own.  By 1952, the Soviet Union and Great Britain had produced and expl...

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