Plutonium, Our Countrys Only Feasible Solution :: science

Plutonium, Our Countrys Only Feasible resolutionAbstract Should we begin to manufacture iodine of the most destructive and infamous substances on the face on the Earth once again? The engineers think yes, exactly the public says no. The United States stopped making this chemical element with the ban on manufacturing nuclear weapons. But with the continuing problem with our incessantly diminishing energy sources, any(prenominal) want us to begin utilize more than nuclear energy and less energy from natural resources. This make-up is going to discuss what plutonium is, the advantages and disadvantages of its use, and why we should think about restarting our end product of this useful element. After the United States dropped Fat Man and Little male child on Japan ending World War II, the public has had some type of understanding about the power of plutonium and its devastating properties, besides that is all anyone heard. After WWII, Ameri stooges started to think about wha t the atomic bomb could do to the U.S. and its people. When anyone mentioned plutonium or the word nuclear the idea of Hiroshima or Nagasaki cosmos destroyed was the first thing people thought about. No one could even ponder the idea that it could be used for other more constructive things like sources of energy or to kept a persons softheartedness beating. Then we started to build more reactors and produce more of the substance but mostly for our nuclear weapons programs. Along with reactors, sometimes comes a meltdown which can produce harmful effects if it isnt controlled quickly enough. After such instances as the Hanford, Washington reactor meltdown and the accident in the U.S.S.R. at the Chernobyl site, no one wanted to hear about the use of plutonium. The United States brass banned nuclear testing and also ended the production of plutonium.(Ref. 5) instanter we are in a dilemma. We are in need of in store(predicate) sources of energy to power our nation. We are running o ut of coal and fossil oil to run our power plants.(Ref. 7) We also need it to further our space exploration program. People need to understand the advantages to using plutonium and that the disadvantages are non as catastrophic as they seem. With the turn of the century on its way, the reemergence of plutonium production will need to be a reality for us to continue our way of life. In 1941, a scientist at the University of California, Berkeley, discovered something that would spay our planet forever.