“But at the same time, global warming is such an overwhelming problem that we need to keep nuclear power on the table as an option.”
Charlie Miller
“The release of atom power has changed everything except our way of thinking...the solution to this problem lies in the heart of mankind. If only I had known, I should have become a watchmaker.”
Albert Einstein
“Nuclear power is a dangerous energy source that creates more problems than it solves. Switching from dirty coal plants to dangerous nuclear power is like giving up smoking cigarettes and taking up crack.”
Dan Becker
“What is pretty clear is that we will be faced with the specter of another nuclear power which can use their weapons to threaten South Korea, to threaten Japan . . . with every prospect that they will sell some of that plutonium and nuclear bombs to the highest bidder so they might end up in American cities as well.”
William J. Perry
“The problem here is that there will always be some uncertainty about how quickly Saddam can acquire nuclear weapons. But we don't want the smoking gun to be a mushroom cloud.”
Condoleezza Rice
“The discovery of nuclear reactions need not bring about the destruction of mankind any more than the discovery of matches”
“We have experienced, for the first time in this country, a nuclear winter, ... This justice system has had to overcome issues no other justice system in this country has had to deal with.”
Calvin Johnson