Nuclear Weapons Treasure Hunt

By Pavel Burtsev

For this assignment, you will first do some research about the problem of nuclear weapons.

Then summarize and explain your research to your group mates in a brief talk.

Read the article From Warheads to Cheap Energy

by WILLIAM J. BROAD

New York Times JAN. 27, 2014

http://www.nytimes.com/2014/01/28/science/thomas-l-neffs-idea-turned-russian-warheads-into-american-electricity.html?ref=williamjbroad&_r=0

What do you know about Nuclear Weapons? Learn about the topic, and answer the questions:

1.                   What are nuclear weapons? When did they appear?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuclear_weapon

http://www.un.org/disarmament/WMD/Nuclear/

2.                   What countries have them? What nuclear weapons do the U.S.A. have?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_states_with_nuclear_weapons

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuclear_weapons_and_the_United_States

3.                   What are the kinds of nuclear weapons?

http://www.ctbto.org/nuclear-testing/types-of-nuclear-weapons/

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_nuclear_weapons

4.                   What nuclear weapon does Russia have?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russia_and_weapons_of_mass_destruction

5.                   What are the most destructive nuclear weapons?

http://www.cracked.com/article_19546_7-nuclear-weapon-screw-ups-you-wont-believe-we-survived.html

Watch the video about the most destructive nuclear weapons:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4rElV_w_DPQ

6.                   What are the cases of using Nuclear weapons?

http://www.wagingpeace.org/articles/1998/07/00_krieger_legal-case.htm

7.                   What countries were Nuclear weapons tried in?

http://abcnews.go.com/International/hibakusha-survived-hiroshima-nagasaki-nuclear-free-world/story?id=11334084

8.                   Give a brief talk on the problem of Nuclear Weapons.