To every story there's two sides: Abdul Qadeer Khan to some he is a hero, to others a bad example.
Abdul Qadeer Khan “Abdul Qadeer Khan (Urdu: عبدالقدیر خان; born April 1, 1936 in Pakistan a scientist and metallurgical engineer. He is a controversial figure Why? He is thought by many people to be one of the pioneers of Pakistan's nuclear program. Others disagree and claim he is only an opportunist who abused his position to obtain personal benefits and make a lot of money[source?]. His middle name is occasionally spelt Quadeer, Qadir or Gadeer. His given names are usually abbreviated to A.Q..” My apologies to Mr. Abdul Qadeer Khan I do not judge him just want to present the two points of view.
Some historians argue Abdul Qadeer Khan used his knowledge on Nuclear weapons to make profit. Others argue he helped defend Pakistan against India's “Little Buddha” atomic weapon. Using his atomic knowledge he led Pakistan to build a small pile of nuclear weapons. 1998 Pakistan and India almost had a nuclear war. Why? Some nations do not have good diplomacy and tend to use lethal weapons instead.
I often preach about suicide, some people learn to cope with suicide by dialogue others just like Pastor Rick Warren said: “They just blow up the Nuke (Suicide).” The nuclear stockpile we currently have can destroy the earth in less than a few minutes let us work on diplomacy and stop nuclear proliferation.
If we blame Abdul Qadeer Khan we must blame all physicists who make evil science. We know all make mistakes and even Einstein believed nuclear weapons were a mistake, evil science.
Einstein pushed for nuclear armament but later he regretted it. Why? Nuclear weapons are a forceful and very evil way to deal with arguments or war.
“Einstein regretted the letter. In a 1947 Newsweek article headlined “The Man Who Started It All,” he was quoted as saying, “Had I known that the Germans would not succeed in producing an atomic bomb, I would never have lifted a finger.”
“In fact, the Nazis could not muster the breakthroughs necessary to achieve the nuclear weapons Einstein and his fellow physicists feared. So many scientists had fled Nazi-occupied territory that the Third Reich was short of the brain power they needed to develop the bomb. Yes, they had Lenard and Werner Heisenberg, but the ranks of first-rate nuclear scientists in Germany were deeply depleted due to Hitler’s policies.”
Most countries use nuclear energy to make energy. This is a mistake. Nuclear energy is a very bad ideal, solar, wind and geo-thermal are better technologies.
Nuclear power is to dangerous:
“The risk from exposure to a particular radionuclide radiation it’s very difficult to shield.
radionuclide Radioactive forms of elements are called radionuclides. Radium-226, Cesium-137, and Strontium-90 are examples of radionuclides.
depends on:
The energy of the radiation it emits.
The type of radiation (alpha, beta, gamma, x-rays).
Its activity (how often it emits radiation).
Whether exposure is external or internal:
External exposure is when the radioactive source is outside of your body. X-rays and gamma rays can pass through your body, depositing energy as they go.
Internal exposure is when radioactive material gets inside the body by eating, drinking, breathing or injection (from certain medical procedures). Radionuclides may pose a serious health threat if significant quantities are inhaled or ingested.
The rate at which the body metabolizes and eliminates the radionuclide following ingestion or inhalation.
Where the radionuclide concentrates in the body and how long it stays there.
Learn more about alpha particles, beta particles, gamma rays and x-rays.
“Sensitive Populations
Children and fetuses are especially sensitive to radiation exposure. The cells in children and fetuses divide rapidly, providing more opportunity for radiation to disrupt the process and cause cell damage. EPA considers differences in sensitivity due to age and sex when revising radiation protection standards.
I know what the symptoms of nuclear poisoning feels like infections, low blood pressure, and weakness. “
What are the symptoms:
Nausea and vomiting
Diarrhea
Headache
Fever
Dizziness and disorientation
Weakness and fatigue
Hair loss
Bloody vomit and stools from internal bleeding
Infections
Low blood pressure”
I do believe humans do not need lethal weapons, but what can we do? How can we face such a system? Violence makes us just like them, so what most a Christian do? Let us trust God and renounce nuclear proliferation.
“Declare the things that are going to come afterward, That we may know that you are gods; Indeed, do good or evil, that we may anxiously look about us and fear together.” Isaiah 41:23.
Take for example the view bombing Japan with Nukes. One side claims it was a necessary evil, the other side claims it was evil not necessary. One side claims it saved 100,000 American lives. On the other hand, it killed 160,000 Japanese and mained and poisoned many others. It saved 100,000 soldiers and it killed 160,000 civilians. This is the reality. Americans would always argue it was necessary to save lives but what if another country takes the same stand. Can we poison people at will and at what cost?
New technology.
What would happen if another “Abdul Qadeer Khan” steals new technology to build Nukes?
What is this technology.
“Separation of isotopes by laser excitation (SILEX) is a process for isotope separation that is used to produce enriched uranium using lasers. It was developed in the 1990s, based on earlier technologies.”
“The SILEX process was developed in Australia by Dr. Michael Goldsworthy and Dr. Horst Struve, working at Silex Systems Limited, a company founded in 1988.[1] Their process was based on earlier methods of laser enrichment developed starting in the early 1970s, such as AVLIS (atomic vapor laser isotope separation) and MLIS (molecular laser isotope separation).”
“A physicist at Princeton University, Ryan Snyder, noted that the SILEX process could create an easy path towards a nuclear weapon due to the ability to reach a high level of uranium enrichment, that is difficult to detect.”
Thank God the US has classify the program:
“SILEX is the only privately held information that is classified by the U.S. government. In June 2001, the U.S. Department of Energy classified "certain privately generated information concerning an innovative isotope separation process for enriching uranium." Under the Atomic Energy Act, all information not specifically declassified is classified as Restricted Data, whether it is privately or publicly held. This is in marked distinction to the national security classification executive order, which states that classification can only be assigned to information "owned by, produced by or for, or is under the control of the United States Government." This is the only known case of the Atomic Energy Act being used in such a manner.[21][22]”
What stops other nations from doing this?
The technology was very difficult in the 1990’s 500 scientists and 2 billion dollars could not solve the problem so they could not commerlized it. The US stopped the world from having such a fast way to enrich uranium.
“A popular way of achieving weapons-grade uranium is by using a gas centrifuge process, whereby a converted gaseous form known as uranium hexafluoride is released into a spinning cylinder. The force generated by the rotating cylinder separates U-235 isotopes from the heavier U-238 isotopes.”
Imagine filintering honey from the honeycomb, as the honeycomb spins the honey moves down and the wax sticks to the core. Countries who use this old technology most use thousands of centrifuges to collect enough uranium to make a weapon.
What is the cheap alternative?
Uranium 235 is shot with a laser to knock electrons to enrich uranium. This is how much do we know and most can do the process in theory but can they buy the materials to make the weapons?
Why do we have a problem? “Martin, 51, was arrested during an FBI raid on his home in late August. He was accused of stealing dozens of computers and thousands of documents, according to his recently unsealed indictment. The contractor siphoned off more than 50 terabytes of data -- or 50,000 gigabytes -- from government computers over two decades. What was initially a misdemeanor was quickly raised to espionage -- in part because of the vast amount of data he allegedly stole.” How can we let another spy sell weapon technology and why do we permit it?
“Luke 16:10 ESV / 236
“One who is faithful in a very little is also faithful in much, and one who is dishonest in a very little is also dishonest in much.”
Let us, pray God would give us man of integrity and the fear of God.
After Briton Rivière - Manchester City Art Gallery [sic!]
published by Thomas Agnew and Sons, 1892 (Daniel in the Lions Den)
What is the solution?
Stay Safe Online with these 3 Simple Steps:
“Install and maintain antivirus software.
Install and maintain anti-spyware software.
Maintain a personal firewall.
Keep your computer software up-to-date.”
“Nuclear reactors may be able to ramp (within limitations), but ultimately nuclear is fighting for space on the grid with wind and solar. As such the building of new nuclear power plants, and in some cases the extension of licenses for old ones, can limit the transition to renewable energy.”
Please consider renewable energy.
Works Cited
“A. Q. Khan.” Wikipedia, Wikimedia Foundation, 16 July 2020, simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/A._Q._Khan.
Nguyen, Tuan C. “Why It's So Hard to Make Nuclear Weapons.” LiveScience, Purch, 22 Sept. 2009, www.livescience.com/5752-hard-nuclear-weapons.html.
“Pastor Rick Warren Takes to Social Media to Mourn Son's Suicide.” Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 12 Apr. 2013, www.latimes.com/nation/la-xpm-2013-apr-12-la-me-rick-warren-social-media-20130413-story.html.
“Radiation Health Effects.” EPA, Environmental Protection Agency, 2 Aug. 2019, www.epa.gov/radiation/radiation-health-effects#:~:text=Exposure to very high levels,as cancer and cardiovascular disease.
Ritchie, Hannah. “What Was the Death Toll from Chernobyl and Fukushima?” Our World in Data, ourworldindata.org/what-was-the-death-toll-from-chernobyl-and-fukushima.
“World Nuclear Weapon Stockpile.” Ploughshares Fund, 9 Mar. 2020, ploughshares.org/world-nuclear-stockpile-report.