“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.” ThinkingShouldEnergyLevelsAchieveWindStandardsCleanCreditNuclearAlternativesEfficiencyConservationCoalCleanlinessRenewable EnergyPortfoliosNuclear EnergyGeothermalGeothermal Energy Author:Pete Domenici
“At a time when the threat of nuclear arms is again increasing, the Norwegian Nobel Committee wishes to underline that this threat must be met through the broadest possible international cooperation. This principle finds its clearest expression today in the work of the IAEA and its Director General. In the nuclear non-proliferation regime, it is the IAEA which ensures that nuclear energy is not misused for military purposes, and the Director General has stood out as an unafraid advocate of new measures to strengthen that regime.” TodayPurposeEnergyWishPrinciplesMilitaryExpressionArmsMetsDirectorsThreatInternationalNuclearCooperationRegimesCommitteesNobelProliferationUnafraidMisusedNorwegiansNuclear EnergyNuclear ArmsInternational Cooperation Author:Mohamed ElBaradei
“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.” NeedsShouldBelieveMayCountryDoneEnergyI BelieveChallengesTechnologyDangerousProduceTomorrowStrategyCome UpNuclearNuclear Energy Author:Tom Vilsack
“I, who had been in favour of nuclear energy for generating electricity ... I suddenly realised that anybody who has a nuclear reactor can extract the plutonium from the reactor and make nuclear weapons, so that a country which has a nuclear reactor can, at any moment that it wants to, become a nuclear weapons power. And I, right from the beginning, have been terribly worried by the existence of nuclear weapons and very much against their use.” WantHas BeensCountryMomentsUseEnergyExistenceWeaponsNuclearWorriedNuclear WeaponsElectricityFavourRealisedNuclear EnergyPlutoniumNuclear Reactors Author:Mark Oliphant
“One could plausibly argue that it is for quite sound reasons that the whole capacity for sexual ecstasy is inaccessible to most people - given that sexuality is something, like nuclear energy, which may prove amenable to domestication through scruple, but then again may not.” PeopleMayReasonWholeEnergyGivenSoundProveCapacitySexualityArguingNuclearEcstasyInaccessibleScruplesNuclear EnergyAmenable Author:Susan Sontag
“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.” WorldHandsEnergyDangerousWeaponsDollarsCleanNuclearNuclear WeaponsHand In HandRenewable EnergyNuclear PowerDangerous PlacesNuclear Energy Author:Mark Z. Jacobson
“I perfectly understand the particular attention which you pay to the question of nuclear energy, and fully realize the possible dangers and catastrophes which might result for mankind from an irresponsible attitude. In this field my wish is for Iran to put all her efforts towards the peaceful use of atomic energy. We shall continue to co-operate with all the nations of the world to attain this end in the interests of human society.” WorldHumansEndsUseMightEnergyNationsWishInterestRealizingResultsEffortPayAttentionAttitudeMankindDangerFieldsParticularNuclearPeacefulIranCatastropheIrresponsibleHuman SocietyMy WishNuclear EnergyAtomic Energy Author:Mohammed Reza Pahlavi
“Iran's Supreme Court has issued a fatwa against the development of nuclear weapons. President [Hassan] Rouhani has indicated Iran will never develop nuclear weapons. I've made clear that we respect the right of the Iranian people to access peaceful nuclear energy in the context of Iran meeting its obligations.” PeopleMadeEnergyPresidentClearDevelopmentWeaponsCourtMeetingsAccessNuclearSupremeObligationPeacefulIranNuclear WeaponsSupreme CourtIranianNuclear EnergyHassan Author:Barack Obama