Quotes

alt"If you had asked me 20 years ago about nuclear power, I would have taken the traditional green view and said something like 'over my dead body'. To achieve decarbonisation of our power, nuclear has to be part of the answer." Lord Smith, chairman of the British Environment Agency on 7 May 2012 (source: Financial Times)

“The closing down of all the nuclear power plants in Italy following the 1987 referendum was a terrible mistake, the cost of which totalled over €50 billion (approximately $68 billion), if you count direct and indirect costs.”

We will need between eight and ten nuclear reactors of the European Pressurised Reactor type, EPR, in Italy.” Claudio Scajola, Italian Energy Minister.