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)

alt“Nuclear is like fire: you cannot « uninvent » fire, and neither can you do so with nuclear power! But it is essential to separate civilian nuclear applications from military ones. Nuclear weapons are bound to disappear, but nuclear power is the human race’s future. Nuclear energy poses undoubtedly threats, but if you face them without being superstitious, they are not terrifying. Nuclear is too often stigmatized for political reasons by triggering people’s fears.” Georges Charpak, physicist and Nobel prize winner