Quotes

alt"If you had asked me 20 years ago about nuclear power, I would have taken the traditional green view and said something like 'over my dead body'. To achieve decarbonisation of our power, nuclear has to be part of the answer." Lord Smith, chairman of the British Environment Agency on 7 May 2012 (source: Financial Times)

alt“We believe that nuclear is first way to see a good low carbon source of electricity. It enables us to meet our climate change requirements. It’s also the most affordable large scale low carbon technology. We do think it has an important role to play especially with the ever increasing focus on safety.” Charles Hendry, British minister for energy and climate change, on 26 April in Kiev during a conference on Chernobyl