Peter Hain Quotes

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.

All UK nuclear power stations should be shut down without delay.

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

I wouldn't call myself anti-nuclear.

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.

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

The central government wants to increase the number of nuclear power plants but we believe nuclear plants have their inherent problems.

Nuclear power is here to stay, and we need to support a strong domestic uranium industry.

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.

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.

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

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

She felt Britain should not be so dependent on coal. She was in favour of building up nuclear energy to break the dependence on coal, and the main opposition to nuclear came from the environment movement. Mrs. Thatcher thought she could trap them with the carbon emissions argument.

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.

The idea that the growing demand for energy worldwide can be met with energy from nuclear power is nonsense.

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

The trend in the world right now is - not just in developed countries, but in developing countries including China and India - there is a movement to build more and more nuclear plants.

For 50 years, nuclear power stations have produced three products which only a lunatic could want: bomb-explosive plutonium, lethal radioactive waste and electricity so dear it has to be heavily subsidised. They leave to future generations the task, and most of the cost, of making safe sites that have been polluted half-way to eternity.

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.

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.

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