Nuclear ProliferationBy: Amanda Der & Jacob Casillas

What is it?• Nuclear Proliferation – Spread of nuclear

weapons, fissile material, and weapons–Applicable nuclear

technology and information

What does a nuclear bomb look like?

• Before:

• After:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zsTRxXvQY0s

Why is it a problem?

• Countries are against proliferation• Governments fear the increase of a nuclear

war • Terrorists could end up processing nuclear

weapons • As more countries get the technology and

information to make nuclear weapons the world becomes unstable

Solutions• Treaty of the Non-

Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT)– International treaty

between countries– Main Objective:• Prevent the spread of

nuclear weapons

Nuclear Weapons

Organizations• Organizations that help the problem –United Nations• un.org

– Greenpeace• greenpeace.org

–Campaign for Nuclear Discrimination (CND)• cndok.org

Main Goals

• Create peace and stability throughout the world

Quotes• “We seek the elimination one day of

nuclear weapons from the face of the Earth.”

–President Ronald Reagan• “I do not know with what weapons World

War 3 will be fought, but World War 4 will be fought with sticks and stones.”

–Albert Einstein

Sources • https://

www.google.com/imghp?hl=en&tab=wi• http://

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuclear_proliferation