These nuclear energy quotes will inspire you. Nuclear energy is the energy in the nucleus, or core, of an atom. Nuclear energy can be used to create electricity, but it must first be released from the atom.
A collection of motivating, happy, and encouraging nuclear energy quotes, nuclear energy sayings, and nuclear energy proverbs.
Famous Nuclear Energy Quotes
- “The only countries that have successfully moved from fossil fuels to low-carbon power have done so with the help of nuclear energy.” Michael Shellenberger
- “We should not just consume hydrocarbon fuel but use it to develop nuclear energy, hydropower, and renewable energy sources.” Vladimir Putin
- “As expanding economies continue to grow, the one source of energy that we can develop rapidly, cheaply, and with next-to-no emissions is nuclear energy.” Craig Stevens
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“Nuclear energy, in terms of an overall safety record, is better than other energy.” Bill Gates
- “Nuclear energy is a baseload – meaning it’s power that you can run any time you want, day or night – and carbon-free.” Nathan Myhrvold
- “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.” Erik Paulsen
- “For years, I have been a strong supporter of clean, safe nuclear energy as an important part of our energy mix.” Christine Todd Whitman
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“It is most regrettable that nuclear energy is being harnessed for making nuclear weapons.” Lal Bahadur Shastri
- “Goodness, I know nothing about nuclear energy.” James Dyson
- “She felt Britain should not be so dependent on coal. She was in favor of building up nuclear energy to break the dependence on coal, and the main opposition to nuclear came from the environmental movement. Mrs. Thatcher thought she could trap them with the carbon emissions argument.” Nigel Lawson
- “I think we ultimately ought to look to put all uranium enrichment and fuel reprocessing, if any is done, under multinational control. Those are the two technologies by which nuclear energy can be translated into nuclear weapons programs.” John Holdren
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“We need nuclear energy now, and we will need it in the future.” Conor Lamb
- “There have always been enough fossil fuels to power human civilization for hundreds and perhaps thousands of years, and nuclear energy is effectively infinite.” Michael Shellenberger
- “I believe nuclear energy in Jordan will be done in such a way where it is a public-private partnership so everyone can see exactly what’s going on.” Abdullah II of Jordan
- “Before progressives were apocalyptic about climate change they were apocalyptic about nuclear energy. Then, after the Cold War ended, and the threat of nuclear war declined radically, they found a new vehicle for their secular apocalypse in the form of climate change.” Michael Shellenberger
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“While nothing is certain, I firmly believe our nation is on the verge of a nuclear energy renaissance.” Mike Simpson
- “Iran doesn’t need one centrifuge. Canada has nuclear energy. Spain has nuclear energy. Switzerland has nuclear energy, and they don’t enrich uranium. You don’t need to enrich uranium in order to use nuclear energy. You enrich uranium in order to produce a bomb.” Naftali Bennett
- “Socialists find me too far left; Trotskyites not far enough; ecologists say I am too happy eating foie gras, defending nuclear energy and GM plants; feminists find I am not enough of a woman; anarchists a petit-bourgeois who has sold out because I believe in universal suffrage.” Michel Onfray
- “I hope that none of the countries in the Middle East are planning anything but the peaceful utilization of nuclear energy.” Abdullah II of Jordan
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“Nuclear energy people perceive the greenhouse effect as a fresh wind blowing at their back.” Stewart Udall
- “I assume we will have figured out a way to efficiently utilize solar energy and tied that to an efficient way to use nuclear energy in such a way that it doesn’t pose a serious environmental issue.” John Hickenlooper
- “In terms of weapons, the best disarmament tool so far is nuclear energy. We have been taking down the Russian warheads, turning it into electricity. 10 percent of American electricity comes from decommissioned warheads.” Stewart Brand
- “I worked for the Office of Management and Budget in the White House, on nuclear energy policy. But I decided it would be much more fun to have a specialty food store, so I left Washington D.C. and moved to the Hamptons. And how glad I am that I did!” Ina Garten
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“Nuclear energy is the scientific achievement of the Iranian nation.” Mahmoud Ahmadinejad
- “After the Cold War ended, there was an agreement between the former Soviet Union and America to convert weapons-grade nuclear materials into reactor-grade materials. So disarmament and nuclear energy actually are strongly linked.” Susan Eisenhower
- “I have stated publicly, I want the same things for Iran that I want for Brazil. I want them to use and develop their nuclear energy for peaceful means.” Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva
- “Exceptional circumstances can accelerate the gradual process of energy transitions: France’s decision to develop nuclear energy on a grand scale is perhaps the best example of how that can be done by government fiat. In contrast, America’s accelerated shift from coal has been driven by an inevitable embrace of cheaper natural gas.” Vaclav Smil
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“If our nation wants to reduce global warming, air pollution and energy instability, we should invest only in the best energy options. Nuclear energy isn’t one of them.” Mark Z. Jacobson
- “We absolutely want to harness nuclear energy for peaceful purposes. There should be no doubt about Saudi Arabian intentions. Whatever we do is going to be under strict compliance with international agreements.” Khalid A. Al-Falih
- “We have been developing an ever closer relationship with China on climate change for many years which has led to collaboration on carbon trading, offshore wind development, on low-carbon buildings, on nuclear energy, and on carbon capture and storage – to name just some of the ways in which we’re working together.” Ed Davey
