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The Nuclear State (1977)

AuteurRobert Jungk
Datum1977
Classificatie 6.02.5.00/13 (ATOOMSTAAT - ALGEMEEN)
Opmerking Also available in Dutch (6.02.5.00/01) and German (6.02.5.00/10)
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Foreword

The Hard Path

The arrival of nuclear fission not only radically changed modern history, but
opened up new dimensions of terror. Nuclear power was first used to make
weapons of total destruction for use against military enemies, but today it even
imperils citizens in their own country, because there is no fundamental difference
between atoms for peace and atoms for war. Although it is claimed that peaceful
nuclear energy will in future only be used for constructive purposes and for the
benefit of mankind, the potentially lethal effect of this new energy cannot be
disguised. Certain measures can be taken to eliminate the dangers, but these can
only partially succeed, and even the strongest advocates of nuclear energy admit
this. There will always be accidents, and although they may for some time be small
in scale and localized, there is always the possibility of a major disaster with long-
term effects that can quickly wipe out whatever theoretical or practical benefits
nuclear energy might bring, and that threat is enough to counterbalance those
benefits, even at the present time.

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