Taylor Wilson Quotes

Nuclear fission

Leave the atom alone.

We hope that this honor you have done us will bring the time of further realization of these benefits closer and will help all mankind to live better and be happier through the atom and isotopes.

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

I'm going to build a reactor, that's for sure.

These experiments might make it possible to produce power by means of nuclear energy and radioactive elements. Unfortunately also perhaps atomic bombs.

No scientific subject has ever aroused quite the same mixture of hopes and fears [as atomic energy].

I have said many times before, interactivity is the equivalent of radioactivity. For interactivity effects a kind of disintegration, a kind of rupture.

Of all the failed technologies that litter the onward march of science - steam carriages, zeppelins, armoured trains - none has been so catastrophic to prosperity as the last century's attempt to generate electricity from nuclear fission.

The future of the world, dependent as it is upon atomic energy, requires more understanding and knowledge about the atom.

We should remember that there are nations which meet more than 30 to 60% of their power requirements through the nuclear power system.

Until four years ago, in fact, I was absolutely in love with the atom.

There is no question we need an energy policy overhaul in America. A key part of that overhaul must include moving forward aggressively with expanding nuclear energy as a renewable energy source. Storing nuclear waste is an important piece of that effort.

Nuclear energy is a baseload - meaning it's power that you can run any time you want, day or night - and carbon-free.

Goodness, I know nothing about nuclear energy.

My job was to produce plutonium that was used for atomic bomb.

While nothing is certain, I firmly believe our nation is on the verge of a nuclear energy renaissance.

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.

'Nuclear' is nothing but trouble. Do you say 'new-clear' or do you say 'nuke-you-ler'? Whoever invented that word had obviously never studied the human mouth. We don't have enough muscles in our face to make that group of letters come out smoothly. The word is missing a middle syllable, for cryin' out loud.

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 world has today 546 nuclear plants generating electricity. Their experience is being continuously researched, and feedback should be provided to all. Nuclear scientists have to interact with the people of the nation, and academic institutions continuously update nuclear power generation technology and safety.

When I was 10 years old, that nuclear spark hit me. Whatever it may be, I really don't know what it was about nuclear science, but whatever it was that triggered that interest, it stuck. I went after that one with a passion.

The sun is the only safe nuclear reactor, situated as it is some ninety-three million miles away

By developing atomic energy for peaceful purposes, you reach the nuclear option. There are no two atomic energies.

Fission is like kissing your wife. Fusion is like kissing your mistress.