#nuclear power

But the nuclear powers still cling tenaciously to their weapons. ↗

— Joseph Rotblat

#nuclear #nuclear powers #powers #still #their

If we are to meet the growing electricity demand in the United States without significantly increasing emissions of greenhouse gases, we must maintain a diverse supply of electricity, and nuclear power must be part of that mix. ↗

— Judy Biggert

#diverse #electricity #emissions #gases #greenhouse

Nuclear power is here to stay, and we need to support a strong domestic uranium industry. ↗

— Michael Burgess

#here #industry #need #nuclear #nuclear power

Today, nuclear power provides 20 percent of power in the United States. ↗

— Michael Burgess

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I have heard that the Saudi Arabians are paying Greenpeace to campaign against Nuclear Power. It wouldn't surprise me at all. ↗

— James Lovelock

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The oil companies regard nuclear power as their rival, who will reduce their profits, so they put out a lot of disinformation about nuclear power. ↗

— James Lovelock

#companies #disinformation #lot #nuclear #nuclear power

Since the end of the Cold War two main nuclear powers have begun to make big reductions in their nuclear arsenals. Each of them is dismantling about 2,000 nuclear warheads a year. ↗

— Joseph Rotblat

#arsenals #begun #big #cold #cold war

So I ask the nuclear powers to abandon the out-of-date thinking of the Cold War period and take a fresh look. Above all, I appeal to them to bear in mind the long-term threat that nuclear weapons pose to humankind and to begin action towards their elimination. ↗

— Joseph Rotblat

#above #action #appeal #ask #bear

What I am going to write is the last of what I have to say. I will say that literature is the only consciousness we possess and that its role as consciousness must inform us of our ability to comprehend the hideous danger of nuclear power. ↗

— John Cheever

#am #comprehend #consciousness #danger #going

As a nuclear power - as the only nuclear power to have used a nuclear weapon - the United States has a moral responsibility to act. ↗

— Barack Obama

#moral #moral responsibility #nuclear #nuclear power #nuclear weapon