#nuclear power

So I ask the nuclear powers to abandon the out-of-date thinking of the Cold War period and take a fresh look.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

It's ridiculous that time and time again we need a radioactive cloud coming out of a nuclear power-station to remind us that atomic energy is extraordinarily dangerous. ↗

— Pierre Schaeffer

#atomic #atomic energy #cloud #coming #dangerous

All of the information that we were getting up to that time from the NRC people, from our people who knew something about nuclear power, was that the breach of the core was not a likelihood to happen. ↗

— William Scranton

#breach #core #getting #happen #information

At a time when we are facing threats from nations such as North Korea and Iran, and attempting to convince others such as India and Pakistan to become responsible nuclear powers, it is vital that America reclaims the leadership we once had on arms control. ↗

— Ellen Tauscher

#arms #attempting #become #control #convince

If nuclear power plants are safe, let the commerical insurance industry insure them. Until these most expert judges of risk are willing to gamble with their money, I'm not willing to gamble with the health and safety of my family. ↗

— Donna Reed

#family #gamble #health #i #industry

I can assure you we are a responsible nuclear power. ↗

— Manmohan Singh

#i #i can #nuclear #nuclear power #power

Nuclear power will help provide the electricity that our growing economy needs without increasing emissions. This is truly an environmentally responsible source of energy. ↗

— Michael Burgess

#economy #electricity #emissions #energy #environmentally

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

The idea that the growing demand for energy worldwide can be met with energy from nuclear power is nonsense. ↗

— Sigmar Gabriel

#energy #growing #idea #met #nonsense

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