James Buchan Quotes

There will be no support in the island of Ireland for building a nuclear power station.

I think we should stop using nuclear power plants because it's an old system that we can't control.

If France can produce 80 percent of its electricity with nuclear power, why can't we?

I want to work hard toward my goal that there will be zero nuclear power generation.

We must not let ourselves be swept off our feet in horror at the danger of nuclear power. Nuclear power is not infinitely dangerous. It's just dangerous, much as coal mines, petrol repositories, fossil-fuel burning and wind turbines are dangerous.

One thing you can say about nuclear power: the people who believe it is the silver bullet for America's energy problems never give up.

The safest nuclear power or energy policy is to realize 'zero nuclear power.'

Nuclear power is not a miracle key for the future.

Nuclear power is an important part of our domestic fuel mix.

The big problem for atomic energy is that it can't compete on price with the new age of cheap shale gas and, to a lesser extent, clean coal.

Nuclear power can continue to help us reduce our greenhouse gas emissions, but we must do everything we can to make it safer.

Nuclear is not only emissions-free, but renewing our commitment to nuclear power will create countless jobs at a time when our nation endures nearly double-digit unemployment.

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.

In order to be vigorously continued, nuclear power must be profoundly modified.

There's a tremendous amount of energy in Japan and, increasingly, in China.

Nuclear power is a young technology - there's so much more to be discovered. That's what makes it so exciting to me. Yes, there are problems, but innovative people are going to be able to come up with solutions and bring the technology to its full potential.

The government is shutting down the coal industry, they say it's cheaper to draw nuclear power off the French grid and cheaper to buy coal from Colombia.

When you look at the number of nuclear power plants in China and India, we can't afford not to pursue similar alternative energy sources. If we do not, it would do immense harm to the manufacturing industry in the Midwest.

The oil companies regard nuclear power as their rival, who will reduce their profits, so they put out a lot of disinformation about nuclear power.

Humanity has nearly suffocated the globe with carbon dioxide, yet nuclear power plants that produce no such emissions are so mired in objections and obstruction that, despite renewed interest on every continent, it is unlikely another will be built in the United States.

GOP seems to stand for Gas, Oil, and Plutonium.

I do not believe that nuclear power is worth it, if it creates radiation.

We back Hinkley Point project. It's very important for France; it's very important for the nuclear sector and EDF.

Nuclear power is cost-competitive with other low-carbon technology and is a crucial part of our energy mix, along with new sources of power such as shale gas.

Nuclear represents a significant low-carbon opportunity. The electricity it produces is green and reliable.