Chris Williams, Socialist Worker dot org: From the beginning, unlocking the power of the atom for "peaceful" energy production was about waging war to its logical endpoint: The power to destroy life on a planetary scale. The interconnection between nuclear power and nuclear weapons is inescapable. Because nuclear weapons are designed to be the "Hammer of God," the ultimate arbiter of power, any country that is under external threat will logically seek to develop nuclear weapons as a deterrent, which was their stated benefit and contribution to "world peace."
