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. What are the benefits and risks associated with its use?

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allowed to development of resources like nuclear

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, which has been useful for society in areas like medicine.

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, it has dangerous consequences if it is used

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supply. The progress made in nuclear

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has made it possible to produce electrical

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in a more respectful way for the environment. It is because nuclear

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does not produce CO2

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fossil fuels.

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, the United States has it as their primary source of

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, nuclear

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has been very useful in medical treatments. It has been of great importance in the advances in cancer therapies. Even though

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nuclear

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could be very dangerous and detrimental if it is used in the wrong way or for bad purposes. So many countries, like the United States, have been developing since Second World War military weapons with nuclear

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. A clear example of

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is the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, where a lot of

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were murdered by the explosion or the consequences of nuclear radiation. Another disadvantage could be that when using

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kind of

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system failure may result in a complete disaster, affecting the environment,

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people’s health and even causing death. An example of

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is the disaster of Chornobyl,

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malfunction was horrible for the population around the nuclear station. After the explosion, there were a lot of deaths

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the consequences affected even two generations after, when people were

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birth to children with malformations or developing diseases

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as cancer. To summarise, nuclear

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could be very useful if it is used carefully and for positive proposals

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it is a powerful

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it can become something very dangerous and unfavourable.