accident, must override any inclination to side with advocates for nuclear power. Surely we have all heard

the expression "I'm only human". If we are indeed only human, and consequently prone to error, we could

never perfectly manage and contain an energy as potentially destructive as that of nuclear power, without the

possibility of a nuclear accident. Furthermore, the wastes generated by nuclear power, when inadvertently

released during a nuclear power accident, have been proven to cause malignant diseases and premature

death to those who come into contact with them. Additionally, the vegetation threat we rely on for survival is

severely affected when radioactive elements are released into the air and water supply during a nuclear

accident. Most alarming, however, is the fact that the general public is vastly unaware of its governments'

use of nuclear waste in the development of nuclear weapon. Most of us can remember the bombing of Iwo

Jima and the effects the bomb had on the lives of the millions of Japanese that lived within a twenty mile

radius of the city. We can see what happened to

makers as time allows the waste to decay into a cleaner plutonium which could be used in nuclear weapons.

waste must be constructed. Doctors and hospitals must be made available for the diagnosis and treatment of

unbeknownst to the general public, its wastes are used in the development of nuclear weapons. Although a

environment" (The Three). The resulting contamination led to a very expensive ten-year clean up plan.

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