We have been living in the nuclear age now for over half a century. Since the first atomic bombs were developed, nuclear technology has provided governments with the ability to totally destroy the planet. Yet the technology has been put to positive use as an energy source and in certain areas of medicine. To what extent is nuclear technology a danger to life on Earth? What are the benefits and risks associated with its use?

It’s often argued that we have been living with the government’s opportunity to destroy our world for over half a century, but instead of this our technologies stay more developed and put to a positive sphere rather than to destroy the planet. In this essay I will examine to what extent atomic bombs are a […]

Since the atomic weapon had become a reality and the first usage of it were performed, we became closer to the point of destroying the planet some day. However, later the nuclear technology was implemented in civil life as energy source and a method of cancer treatment. I believe that nowadays a danger of nuclear […]

‘Nuclear technology has both ends’—it’ could be beneficial for human beings as well as a storehouse of potential risk for civilization. As we are living in the age of nuclear technology, we must acknowledge both the positivity and negativity of this energy, though the negative sides outweigh the positive ones. Mentioning the most terrible use […]