Wang 1

Thomas Wang

Mr. Campopiano

Government 1

18 September 2015

Bill Topic Research Assignment: Nuclear Proliferation

Problem 1: Countries that possess nuclear weapons can cause nuclear warfare at any

second.

❖ SOLUTION: To extract nuclear weapons from countries in order to prevent nuclear

warfare.

➢ FACT #1: Nine countries together possess more than 15,000 nuclear weapons.

■ SOURCE: "Nuclear Arsenals." ICAN. N.p., n.d. Web. 17 Sept. 2015.

➢ FACT #2: Countries like North Korea can threaten nations with its capability of

creating nuclear weapons with their development of enriching uranium and

producing weapons-grade plutonium.

■ SOURCE: "Profile for North Korea | NTI." NTI: Nuclear Threat Initiative.

N.p., Aug. 2015. Web. 17 Sept. 2015.

➢ FACT #3: The US and Russia reduced their nuclear stockpile for 20 years but still

possess several thousands that may be launched in very little time.

■ SOURCE: Shuster, Mike. "Concerns Continue over Nuclear

Proliferation." NPR. NPR, 28 Feb. 2008. Web. 17 Sept. 2015.

Problem 2: Nuclear weapons spend millions of dollars that could be used toward benefiting

the poor.

❖ SOLUTION: To cut the funding of nuclear weapons.

➢ FACT #1: Nuclear armed nations spend close to US$300 million dollars a day on

their nuclear forces

■ SOURCE: "Spending on Nuclear Weapons." ICAN. N.p., n.d. Web. 18

Sept. 2015.

➢ FACT #2: US is 18 trillion dollars in debt and is having a difficult time making up

for it.

■ SOURCE: "U.S. National Debt Clock." U.S. National Debt Clock. N.p.,

n.d. Web. 18 Sept. 2015.

➢ FACT #3: Barack Obama proposed to spend cuts for many federal programs in

the 2016 budget but not on nuclear weapons.

■ SOURCE: "Obama's Trillion Dollar Nuclear Weapons Gamble." Defense

One. N.p., n.d. Web. 18 Sept. 2015.

Problem 3: Nuclear weapons can sever damage to cities and its citizens

❖ SOLUTION: To reduce the damage nuclear weapons have on cities and citizens.

➢ FACT #1: “Blast, thermal radiation, and prompt ionizing radiation cause

significant destruction within seconds or minutes of a nuclear detonation.”

■ SOURCE: "The Effects of Nuclear Weapons." Effects of Nuclear

Weapons. N.p., n.d. Web. 18 Sept. 2015.

➢ FACT #2: 66,000 people out of a population of 255,000 died from the nuclear

bomb named “Little Boy” that was dropped on Hiroshima.

■ SOURCE: Ford, Dan. "How Many People Died at Hiroshima in August

1945?" How Many People Died at Hiroshima in August 1945? N.p., Aug.

2015. Web. 18 Sept. 2015.

➢ FACT #3: So far only two nuclear bombs have been used in war and with only

those two alone, net about 120,000 deaths together.

■ SOURCE: Burger, Terry W. "Fat Man and Little Boy." America in WWII.

N.p., n.d. Web. 18 Sept. 2015.