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"My very strong view remains that the nuclear industry now is most definitely a sunrise and not a sunset industry. In Britain, we cleaned up our act and put behind us the sorry sagas of the 1960s, 70s and 80s that gave rise to legitimate public concern. I can put my hand on my heart and say this is an industry that has both cleaned up its act and now has world class standards of safety, higher than any other industry in Britain. Also the possibility of a Fukushima-type accident in Britain is as remote as me getting hit by a meteor," Jack Dromey, British Shadow Minister on 26 September (source: BBC)