Should we begin to manufacture one of the most destructive and infamous

substances on the face on the Earth once again? The engineers say yes, but

the public says no. The United States stopped making this element with the

ban on manufacturing nuclear weapons. But with the continuing problem with

our ever diminishing energy sources, some want us to begin using more

nuclear energy and less energy from natural resources. This paper is going

to discuss what plutonium is, the advantages and disadvantages of its use,

and why we should think about restarting our production of this useful

After the United States dropped "Fat Man" and "Little Boy" on Japan ending

World War II, the public has had some type of understanding about the

power of plutonium and its devastating properties, but that is all anyone

After WWII, Americans started to think about what 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 being 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

As you can see, if we start to produce plutonium once again, we will

longer an option. What about nuclear waste and radiation exposure? Well,

highly unlikely to affect your health and well being. You probably should

million times the energy produced by an atom of carbon from coal. One

be produced in the cores of nuclear reactors.

the Chernobyl site, no one wanted to hear about the use of plutonium. The

(IEER: Fissile Materials Health & Environmental Dangers)

this great energy source. They mostly have to do with excess waste and

the fact that we need plutonium for the future. You may think that by

Plutonium, or Pu #94 on the periodic table, is one of the most unstable

it is going to happen in our current fiscal condition, is if we use

for a big surprise when you find out you can't avoid it. There is more of

less of radiation poisoning and contamination.

power nuclear propulsion. Nuclear electric propulsion is using energy from

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Approximate Word count = 1978
Approximate Pages = 8 (250 words per page double spaced)