[4]

[5]

[1]. http://www.instituteforenergyresearch.org/2008/08/26/nuclear-power-facts/

[2]. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electricity_generation

[3]. http://www.theisraelproject.org/

[4]. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_states_with_nuclear_weapons

[5]. http://www.redcross.org.au/make-nuclear-weapons-the-target.aspx

I am become death, the destroyer of worlds. -J. Robert Oppenheimer

NUCLEAR STATES

FORMER NUCLEAR STATES

and estimatedwarheads

7650

225

300

240

80-100

90-110

>10

80

6

81

1400

5000

*

*

*

*inherited after fall of the Soviet Union

8420

A NUCLEARLEGACY

TSARA BOMBA

Little Boy Bomb dropped on Hiroshima

Largest Nuclear Weapon

# OF US NUCLEAR BOMBS LOST AND NOT RECOVERED

# OF NUCLEAR BOMBS ONLAUNCH READY STATUS

11

3000

The Uranium isotope that fuels a nuclearchain reaction is U-235. Most Uranium oreis the more common isotope U-238. Only a very smallfraction of Uranium is U-235. [3]

URANIUMENRICHMENT

5 % ENRICHMENTused to fuel reactors

used in medical procedures

used making nuclear weapons

20 % ENRICHMENT

90 % ENRICHMENT

COAL44.9 %

23.4 %

20.3 %

11.5 %

GASNATURAL

NUCLEAR

OTHER

U.S. ELECTRICTYB Y S O U R C E

[2]

NUCLEAR ENERGY

In 2007, nuclear power accounted for 19 percent of the electricity generated and consumed in the United States. This amount of power is comparable to the electricity used in California, Texas, and New York combined. [1]

G01NG NUCLEAR