Ethical Problems And Countermeasures Of Nuclear Technology Application

Nuclear technology as one of the representatives of the development level of modern science and technology,people have high expectations for it since it came into being.However,due to the limitations of the world environment,nuclear technology,which attracted much attention,was first applied in the field of war,and became the sharp weapon of killing in the battlefield and an important bargaining chip in the political game of various countries.In particular the two atomic bombs at Hiroshima and Nagasaki and the nuclear arms race during the cold war,cast a shadow over the moral and psychological well-being of humankind.With the development of peaceful application of nuclear technology,nuclear technology has played an active role in the progress and development of mankind in various fields.First of all,the application of nuclear technology in the field of nuclear power not only provides a continuous supply of clean energy for human beings,but also reduces the development and utilization of chemical energy,and makes a certain contribution to the improvement of the ecological environment;Secondly,the application of nuclear technology in medicine has played a positive role in overcoming diseases,overcoming medical problems and promoting the development of human medical cause;Finally,the application of nuclear technology in agriculture,industry and other fields has also made corresponding achievements.But the use of nuclear technology also raises ethical questions,such as the issues of good and evil and the right to subsistence,ethical issues in nuclear management,nuclear eco-ethics,professional ethics and nuclear political ethics of the personnel involved in the application of nuclear technology,Firstly,this paper introduces and expounds a series of ethical problems involved in these aspects in detail,then analyzes the causes of ethical problems caused by nuclear technology application from both internal and external aspects,and finally puts forward what ethical principles and ethical countermeasures should be used to regulate and guide the application of nuclear technology.