Nuclear - Practice Final Exam

Today, many countries have signed the NPT (nonproliferation treaty). And they try to prevent the risk of nuclear war. The reason that many countries try to prevent the spread of nuclear weapons is that it is very fatal to humans. However, about 50 years ago, many nuclear tests were done in some places, especially Nevada. And, now the problems have arisen. But the government doesn’t solve this problem clearly. According to the Salt Lake Tribune (2004, par. 2), “After being subjected to lethal radioactive fallout and government lies about the tests and their risks, Utahns of both political parties are wholly justified in protesting even the talk about resuming nuclear testing.”

The nuclear testing brought many problems such as health problems, financial problems and threat of war. Therefore, the government should take care of the nuclear victims, and save unnecessary money. Finally they should give up developing their nuclear arms.

First, the government should compensate people who got a disadvantage from the nuclear testing. The radioactive fallout causes many health problems. According to Soloman (2001, p. 1), “As the time passed, people in affected areas suffered extraordinarily high rates of cancer and thyroid ills.” And these diseases are very fatal to the health. And the aftereffect can continue to their children. They are just poor victims who were attacked by greed of power. Therefore, the government has one hundred percent responsibility for their treatment. So the government should pay to them for their financial, mental and physical problems.

Second, the government should save money that is wasted by unnecessary development. Now, the government spends extraordinary money to maintain and develop their nuclear arms. But this effort is unnecessary now. We already have had a long time for testing and there are many good reasons that why it’s unnecessary (Evenson, 1997). The budget for this testing is tremendous. Therefore the government should shrink their nuclear testing budget and instead of this increase compensation for the victims.

Finally, the countries that have nuclear arms should give up their nuclear arms decisively. If they try to develop the nuclear weapons continuously, competition is going to happen competition between other countries. And it can stimulate other countries to develop nuclear arms (Batt, 2002). It is possible to cause wars. Therefore the countries should give up developing their nuclear arms for world peace.

In conclusion, now the technology has developed obviously. In accordance with this, some countries also have developed their power. However, it might threaten world peace. Therefore, the government should take care of the victims of nuclear testing, and use their money for the nuclear victims instead of the nuclear testing. Moreover, they should give up their nuclear arms.