December 1953, President Dwight D. Eisenhower decided to make nuclear information available to other countries (snedden 13). In total, 371,762 megawatts were produced in 2012 (Nuclear History Timeline 1). Nuclear energy has its advantages but it is also dangerous. Nuclear power is dangerous because of nuclear radiation, nuclear meltdowns and environmental hazards. German chemist Martin Klaproth discovered uranium in 1789 (“Overview of the History of Nuclear Energy” 1). Albert Einstein discovered the theory of E=mc2 in 1905. In 1939, Hahn and Strassman showed the progress made in the exploitation of nuclear fission (“Outline History of Nuclear Energy” 1). They showed that fission not only released a lot of energy, but also additional neutrons, leading to a greater release of energy ("Outline History of Nuclear Energy" 1). British and American scientists focused on the fission of U-235 which would lead to a new element with mass U-239, atomic number 94, in which they would discover neptunium #93 and plutonium # 94, based on discoveries of the element uranium (“Overview of the History of Nuclear Energy” 1). Harnessing energy from this energy was the main intention in 1945 (“Overview of the History of Nuclear Energy” 1). The development of the atomic bomb was most concentrated from 1939 to 1945. The Manhattan Project was the creation and testing of the first atomic bomb, 1942-1945. (“Chronology of nuclear history” 1). The first atomic device was successfully tested in New Mexico on July 16, 1945 (“Outline History of Nuclear Energy” 1). The first use of the atomic bomb occurred at Hiroshima and Nagasaki in 1945. After Germany's defeat in 1945, German scientists were recruited to work in a joint bomb program ("Overview of the History of nuclear energy » 1). In 1954, the Sov...... middle of paper ......sion or computer in a life rather than living next to a power plant (Snedden 5). In the case of a meltdown like that of Fukushima, a plume could affect a radius of more than 80 kilometers around ("What if the Fukushima nuclear fallout crisis had occurred here?" 1). This would make the area uninhabitable for generations. The chance of a core collapse in the United States is approximately 50% over a 20-year period (Snedden 5). The United States modeled its own fallout zones and mapped them in 2011 to determine its 50-mile zones (“What if the Fukushima nuclear fallout crisis had happened here?” 1). Nuclear power can be dangerous to our environment and to us as people. The “Atoms for Peace” program was created to make the use of nuclear energy peaceful. Germany declared in June 2000 that it would begin getting rid of nuclear power plants. The United States could become more innovative and start excluding nuclear power plants itself.