Michael K. Simpson Quotes

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

We need nuclear energy now, and we will need it in the future.

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

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

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

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.

Nuclear fusion is the energy source of the future and always will be.

For years, I have been a strong supporter of clean, safe nuclear energy as an important part of our energy mix.

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

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

Nuclear power is not a miracle key for the future.

Now, of course, cold fusion is the daddy of them all in a way, in terms of value, so I think that viewed in a social way, from the point of social considerations and economics, it will tell you that this thing will stay around.

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 the first time in history we have got more energy out of something than we put in … [but] …. Anyone who expects a source of power from the transformation of the atom is talking moonshine.

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

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 plants are part of the backbone of our electric grid. They are reliable, they are clean.

I love nuclear.

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

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.

Leave the atom alone.

Nearly all of our existing power sources are generators which use a heat cycle. This includes our coal, oil, and gas fired utilities, our automobiles, trucks, and trains, and even our nuclear fission utility power plants.

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.

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.

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.