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University of Karachi: "Sociological Impact of Nuclear Power"
University of Karachi: "Sociological Impact of Nuclear Power"
Department of History
(EVENING)
Topic
“Sociological Impact of Nuclear Power”
Seat No : EH1960064,EH1960037.
Sociological Impact of
Nuclear Power
Introduction
In 1938 Germany while people trying to convince people about the superioty of his race, Jewish
chemist lise Meitner and her colleagues Otto Hahn and fritz Strassman make a scientific
discovery that will change the world nuclear fission but they didn’t thought that what they had
invented and what it can do?
Nuclear Fission
An atom is small about 0.000000001 meters and atoms all energy is stored in the nucleus but if
we bombard a neutron on nucleus of a radioactive material such as Uranium, Plutonium, Radon,
Radium etc. can split its nucleus releasing the 200 times the energy of the original neutron that
been used to bombard it but it doesn’t stop there it releases two extra neutrons and those collides
with other nucleus atoms and boom it’s a chain reaction creating radiation and heat.
Effects on Norms
After the Chernobyl disaster the people provoked and demand the complete shutdown of nuclear
power as for the weapon and as well as for the power generation. So the investor took back there
investment from the nuclear power which pressurized the governments to shut down there
nuclear generation and go back on fossil fuel generation.
But much before this disaster UNO had already passed a treaty to avoid these types of disaster
but after this disaster many states signed this treaty. To avoid this type of incidents in future.
Conclusion
In summarized way we can say nuclear reaction is useful in chemistry but in practical life it can
bring the mass destruction to the world we see the example of Hiroshima and Nagasaki that how
the nation did got destroyed in seconds but after the formation of U.N.O in 1945. The norms
thought world peace would be made but it never happened but it get more worse when it started
the race of mass destruction weapon like hydrogen bomb was being tested by the USSR and
U.S.A in 1952-1963. This caused number of people with cancer and different medical problems.
Opinion
In my opinion, nuclear power should on be used for the generation of power which could fulfill
the needs of the state and the nuclear reactor should be handled with extreme care so we can
avoid the incidents that took place in the past. It should not be used as weapon because it could
endanger the lives of uncountable norms.