Nuclear Energy Quotes

• I know that nuclear is better than fossil fuels when it comes to carbon dioxide, but nuclear energy is by no means clean. We don't know what to do with the waste we already have and it seems like a bad idea to me to make more when we have so many cleaner options such as wind and solar.

  Sheryl Crow

  Mean, Wind, Ideas

  "Learning the Truth about Coal and Nuclear Energy" by Sheryl Crow, www.huffingtonpost.com. April 18, 2007.

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• 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 C. Burgess

  Environmental, Energy, Needs

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• The solution to this problem lies in the heart of mankind.

  Albert Einstein

  Lying, Heart, Nuclear

  Albert Einstein, Colette M. Kinnon, A. N. Kholodilin, J. G. Richardson (1981). “The Impact of modern scientific ideas on society: in commemoration of Einstein”, D Reidel Pub Co

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• Nuclear energy is a baseload - meaning it's power that you can run any time you want, day or night - and carbon-free.

  Nathan Myhrvold

  Running, Night, Energy

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• If all of your electricity in your lifetime came from nuclear [energy], the waste from that lifetime of electricity would go in a Coke can.

  Stewart Brand

  Motivation, Inspiration, Energy

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• For the first time ever, we have confronted in reality the sinister power of uncontrolled nuclear energy.

  Mikhail Gorbachev

  Reality, Firsts, Energy

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• Nuclear energy is the scientific achievement of the Iranian nation.

  Mahmoud Ahmadinejad

  Achievement, Energy, Nuclear

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• I assume we will have figured out a way to efficiently utilize solar energy and tied that to an efficient way to use nuclear energy in such a way that it doesn't pose a serious environmental issue.

  John Hickenlooper

  Issues, Environmental, Energy

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• I worked for the Office of Management and Budget in the White House, on nuclear energy policy. But I decided it would be much more fun to have a specialty food store, so I left Washington D.C. and moved to the Hamptons. And how glad I am that I did!

  Ina Garten

  Fun, White, Office

  "Barefoot Contessa: Back to Basics". Live chat, www.washingtonpost.com. November 24, 2008.

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• While nothing is certain, I firmly believe our nation is on the verge of a nuclear energy renaissance.

  Michael K. Simpson

  Believe, Energy, Nuclear

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• Don't get me wrong: I love nuclear energy! It's just that I prefer fusion to fission. And it just so happens that there's an enormous fusion reactor safely banked a few million miles from us. It delivers more than we could ever use in just about 8 minutes. And it's wireless!

  William McDonough

  Fun, Environmental, Fusion

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• Every dollar spent on nuclear is one less dollar spent on clean renewable energy and one more dollar spent on making the world a comparatively dirtier and a more dangerous place, because nuclear power and nuclear weapons go hand in hand.

  Mark Z. Jacobson

  Hands, World, Weapons

  "Nuclear power is too risky" by Mark Z. Jacobson, www.cnn.com. February 22, 2010.

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• It would be our policy to use nuclear weapons wherever we felt it necessary to protect our forces and achieve our objectives.

  Robert McNamara

  Umpires, Would Be, Nuclear

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• If only I had known, I should have become a watchmaker.

  Albert Einstein

  Knowledge, Science, Should Have

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• Energy security based on clean & reliable sources is essential for India's future. Nuclear energy has a key role in India's energy strategy.

  Narendra Modi

  Motivation, Keys, Energy

  Twitter post from Jul 21, 2014

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• When experts say nuclear power generation is safe and doesn't cost much and this is the only way to go if we want to stop relying on coal, well, we believe them. But they've been lying to us for years. And the point is, we've never really known anything about nuclear power generation. We had little interest in it before 3/11, and we certainly had no idea how difficult it is to control nuclear energy.

  Junichiro Koizumi

  Lying, Believe, Years

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• There is not the slightest indication that nuclear energy will ever be obtainable. It would mean that the atom would have to be shattered at will.

  Albert Einstein

  Mean, Nuclear, Investing

  "Personal Quotes/ Biography". www.imdb.com. 1932.

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• Nuclear energy people perceive the greenhouse effect as a fresh wind blowing at their back.

  Stewart Udall

  Wind Blowing, People, Energy

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• If nuclear energy is used for the sake of humanity, then I say yes. But if it is used destructively, then no.

  Recep Tayyip Erdogan

  Humanity, Energy, Nuclear

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• I hope that none of the countries in the Middle East are planning anything but the peaceful utilization of nuclear energy.

  Abdallah II

  Country, Peaceful, Energy

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• India has the most technically ambitious and innovative nuclear energy program in the world.

  Siegfried Hecker

  Ambitious, Energy, India

  "How Homi Bhabha's vision turned India into a nuclear R&D leader" by Maseeh Rahman, www.theguardian.com. November 1, 2011.

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• If we have access to nuclear energy, that adds to our maneuverability in ensuring energy security as India marches on, on the path to accelerated development.

  Manmohan Singh

  Energy, India, Add

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• We should also challenge this country to come up with strategies and technologies that allow us to produce nuclear energy without necessarily producing a byproduct that can be converted to something far more dangerous. I believe that can be done. It may not be done tomorrow, but it clearly needs to be worked on.

  Tom Vilsack

  Country, Believe, Technology

  "Energy Security". Interview with Vijay Vaitheeswaran, www.cfr.org. October 12, 2006.

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• I think a portfolio standard should go beyond wind, solar and geothermal energy to include renewable energy like hydropower and clean alternatives such as coal gasification, clean coal, nuclear energy and, finally, credits for achieving new levels of efficiency and conservation.

  Pete Domenici

  Thinking, Wind, Energy

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• Today, nothing is unusual about a scientific discovery's being followed soon after by a technical application: The discovery of electrons led to electronics; fission led to nuclear energy. But before the 1880's, science played almost no role in the advances of technology. For example, James Watt developed the first efficient steam engine long before science established the equivalence between mechanical heat and energy.

  Edward Teller

  Science, Technology, Discovery

  Edward Teller, Judith Schoolery (2009). “Memoirs: A Twentieth Century Journey in Science and Politics”, p.42, Basic Books

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