Word: atomically
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Slightly more than a year ago, President Reagan surprised the nation, and many experts in his own Government as well, by calling for an all-out program, along the lines of the Manhattan Project, which developed the atom bomb, to build a defense system in space. He envisioned a network of orbiting sensors that would detect a Soviet attack as soon as it was launched, then trigger giant remote-control ray guns that would destroy attacking rockets or their warheads before they could do any damage...
THERE IS A SENSE OF DESPAIR in recent writing on the nuclear armaments dilemma. The works continue to arouse emotion and indignation and to make us curse the technical advancements that gave us the tremendous power of the atom. Yet it has been several years since the flood of writing and protest began, and the nuclear threat is still very much with us. Can we ever get rid of the bombs, or at least of the imminent threat they pose? Proposals for world government have resurfaced lately as a possible answer, but, given the success of the League of Nations...
...French government hopes that by 1990, 70% of electric power will come from reactors. In Japan, where the atom generates 19% of the electricity, the target for 1990 is 27%. Many nations that lack abundant coal, oil or hydroelectric power regard nuclear energy as a necessity. Despite its rising costs, atomic power is often a cheaper alternative to imported fuel. In Japan a kilowatt of nuclear energy costs 5.2?, compared with 5.8? for the same amount of electricity generated by coal and 7.3? for power from oil. Nuclear plants have an impressive worldwide safety record. Government inspections abroad are generally...
...woes of the U.S. nuclear industry have not discouraged other countries from pursuing their plans for the atom. A survey of some major nuclear programs...
With the nuclear programs of such populous giants as China and India largely undeveloped, the potential demand for reactors has barely been tapped. Until a much cheaper technology can be perfected, the boundless power of the atom is almost certain to be a key source of world energy...