From Atoms to Evil:

                       Plea For Peace Inside The Nuclear Age

Monarator: Gretchen Helfrich, Sam Gambhir & Dr. Pomper

On December 02, 1942  the University of Chicago conducted a top secret experiment that changed the course of history. Controlling nuclear energy fission for weapons, propulsion and medicine was just the beginning for University Professor, Enrico Fermi and at three o'clock in the afternoon  his team was able to self-sustain a nuclear chain reaction inside a graphite chamber known as Chicago Pile one for twenty-eight minutes. Doing this type of experimentation was the equivalent of a caveman discovering fire, controlling an unstable  element and using this new tool could become a benefit or a weapon of mass destruction. 


The future of climate change, national security and world peace  balances on a thin wire of greed and a greater purpose to save humanity from a nuclear nightmare.  Now, 75 years later, world-class physicists have gathered at Reynolds Club at the University of Chicago that examined the future insights and to combat this pearl of extinction.  There are many things to consider when vaporizing enemy forces into uranium ashes and no use of a nuclear attack is morally permissible from any government standpoint. This act of genocide is a crime against humanity and could erase a language, a culture and eventually our fragile planet.

Former U.S. Secretary  of Energy,  Ernest J. Moniz

Luckily, I have become an environmental journalist and have studied under Dr. Tandarich and professor Kurt Lesley.  Urgent warning signs on global warming compelled me to cover the University of Chicago lectures as moderator, Gretchen Helfrich interviewed panelists.   On the floor of discussion were Sanjiv Sam Gambhir (Nuclear medicine & Radiology at Stanford) & Dr. Martin G. Pomper a leader in molecular imaging and Radiological science.  "Our bodies have adapted to radiation, explains Gambhir. Sound molecules are being used now as radio tracers to fight cancer cells and more education is needed." 

Cost, innovation and safety were concerns for former Secretary of Energy, Ernest J. Moniz took the podium. Without sounding pollyannaish Moniz stated that goal without a path was unfeasible and that a nuclear Holocaust will not solve any of the worlds problems. A miscalculation could become a problem in the future. Only a foolish nation would invite such a risk and allow their citizens access to build a dirty bomb. Such a speculation may seem uncompromising in this time of uncertainty The scale of suffering, human casualties and violating the moral fabric of our existance should be taken in consideration. No amount regulations will keep of safe from hostile forces. However, it is up all us to be kind to one another, because the miracle of life is true battle that we must endure.

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