Nuclear power can never be made inherently safe. There is always a danger. But there's also always a danger with any form of electricity generation. The goal is to have that risk managed to an acceptably low level.
David Lochbaum
Related I believe that there is a Matrix and... to be more accurate I am in the Pornography Matrix. DEYTH BANGER Keep within the requisite limits a standing military force, always remembering that an armed and tra... JAMES MADISON The best literature is always a take [in the musical sense]; there is an implicit risk in its execut... JULIO CORTáZAR If we are to assume that North Korea becomes a nuclear-power state, of course the danger of having a... LEE MYUNG-BAK There is always a danger when you give people medications, but this drug is very safe when given by ... COREY SLOVIS Such a country that has nuclear weapons is a danger, not only to Israel and the Middle East, but als... SERGEI LAVROV Nuclear scientists have always shown the country how nuclear technology can be used for increasing t... ABDUL KALAM These days grief seems like walking on a frozen river; most of the time he feels safe enough, but th... DAVID NICHOLLS I've always believed the greater danger is not aiming too high, but too low, settling for a bogey ra... PETER SCOTT As I see it, only God can be all-powerful without danger, because his wisdom and justice are always ... ALEXIS DE TOCQUEVILLE I've always believed the greater danger is not aiming too high, but too low, settling for a boge... PETER SCOTT If a man is alive, there is always danger that he may die, though the danger must be allowed to be l... HENRY DAVID THOREAU Within orthodoxy, there is always a danger of faith collapsing into fear. N. T. WRIGHT There is an intrinsic urgency (in the Bush administration) because even as we're talking, the (nucle... DANIEL PONEMAN When carrying the burden of problems and stress that life seems to endlessly hurtle towards us. We g... GARY F EVANS... To have hope in an age where hope is very scarce and hurt, jealousy and pain are more prominent is a... GARY F EVANS... The world has today 546 nuclear plants generating electricity. Their experience is being continuousl... A. P. J. ABDUL KALAM A neurotic can perfectly well be a literary genius, but his greatest danger is always that he will n... LOUIS AUCHINCLOSS When we were living there, we always knew there was the danger of something catastrophic happening d... JOYCE CHRISTENSEN I think there is a danger when it comes to fake news because there is some fake news out there, but ... DAVID MUIR In my reality space, nuclear energy is not only a safe way, but an environmentally safe, sound and e... GILBERT BROWN Life is a risk. CARMELO ANTHONY Every day Saddam remains in power with chemical weapons, biological weapons, and the development of ... JOE LIEBERMAN Every day Saddam remains in power with chemical weapons, biological weapons, and the development of ... JOSEPH LIEBERMAN Pakistan believes that we also have a claim, an expectation for international cooperation under safe... TASNIM ASLAM During the first period of a man's life the greatest danger is not to take the risk. When once the r... KAHLIL GIBRAN There is always danger for those who are afraid. GEORGE BERNARD SHAW The people can always be brought to the bidding of their leaders. All you have to do is tell them th... HERMANN GOERING Forgive me, Excellency. The fact you do not know is that Japan also is a nuclear power. I am convinc... ATSUKO ABE I always feel the danger because you might always be subject to an unexpected or emergency event. FELIX BAUMGARTNER the danger isn't the crossing. The crossing is as safe as you can make it. The danger here continues... BRIAN BRUNS It is impossible to live without danger, Ashley explains. The danger is always there, the hazard of ... JUSTIN GO A person needed to experience real danger or they would never find joy in excelling. There had to be... BRANDON SANDERSON If low-temperature fusion does exist and can be perfected, power generation could be decentralized. ... CHARLES PLATT Panic is a natural human response to danger, but it's one that severely compounds the risk. DAVID IGNATIUS The biggest danger for any organism is to not identify that it's being threatened. I want to hop... NAFTALI BENNETT Life may change, but it may fly not; Hope may vanish, but can die not; Truth be veiled, but still it... PERCY BYSSHE SHELLEY I think we're in danger as a result of the Bush administration policy towards North Korea of turning... JOSEPH LIEBERMAN Life is not a game. Still, in this life, we choose the games we live to play. J.R. RIM Theres no electricity, stuff like that down there. Its a little different. Its going to be crazy. AARON KATZ Plunging in “truths” about God is like walking on the bottom of a sea that is not there, searchi... MARIANA FULGER It is a moment of danger but also a moment of opportunity. ZALMAY KHALILZAD Personal disintegration remains always an imminent danger. CHRISTOPHER LASCH In it's purest form, an act of retribution provides symmetry. The rendering payment of crimes agains... EMILY THORNE In this world there is always danger for those who are afraid of it. GEORGE BERNARD SHAW There is danger from all men. The only maxim of a free government ought to be to trust no man living... JOHN ADAMS A curious part of the human psyche is that the moment that a person presumed to be in danger is disc... MONICA FAIRVIEW The government has asked that he be detained because he is either a flight risk or a danger to the c... ALAN STEVENS There is always Joker to see through the delusion. Generation succeeds generation, but there is a fo... JOSTEIN GAARDER Financial risk is always associated with drug discovery. But the benefit that a blockbuster drug can... PANKAJ PATEL There's nothing that would restrict a city from allocating funds to a church or synagogue that faces... MARC SHORT Some people never take a chance and never know what it's like to live life to the full. CHLOE THURLOW Life is neither static nor unchanging. With no individuality, there can be no change, no adaptation ... JEAN M. AUEL Delay always breeds danger; and to protract a great design is often to ruin it. MIGUEL DE CERVANTES Delay always breeds danger and to protract a great design is often to ruin it. MIGUEL DE CERVANTES During the first period of a man's life, the danger is not to take the risk. SOREN KIERKEGAARD Elric knew that everything that existed had its opposite. In danger he might find peace. And yet, of... MICHAEL MOORCOCK Americans have always understood the danger of mobs. They are always dangerous; they are always demo... ANN COULTER It is hard to be defensive toward a danger which you have never imagined existed. JOHN CHRISTOPHER Our goal is to show that you can develop a robust, safe manned space program and do it at an extreme... BURT RUTAN We are beginning to understand that the world is always being made fresh and never finished; that ac... GRACE LEE BOGGS To get overprotective about particular readings of the Bible is always in danger of idolatry. N. T. WRIGHT There's no danger to anybody or no danger of the building falling down. But that is a major thorough... DAN MYERS During the first period of a man's life the greatest danger is not to take the risk. SOREN KIERKEGAARD In the morning, there was really immediate danger to his life, but now . . . (there is) no immediate... SHLOMO MOR YOSEF If you touch the components inside the case, there is the danger of transferring static electricity ... GORDON MILLS The world can no longer be left to mere diplomats, politicians, and business leaders. They have done... DALLAS WILLARD Poor Lucas, always trying to protect me from danger. He’d never guessed that I was the dangerous o... CLAUDIA GRAY We are not called to be safe, we are simply promised that when we are in danger, God is right there ... KATIE J. DAVIS I always put emphasis on being a scholar before an athlete. An injury can end a sports career on any... DAVE DEMARKIS But I say unto you, That whosoever is angry with his brother without a cause shall be in danger of t... BIBLE Remember, democracy never lasts long. It soon wastes, exhausts, and murders itself. There never was ... JOHN ADAMS PEACE IS THE OBJECTIVE TO WAR, BUT THE BLOOD RUNNETH STILL NATALIE URQUIETA When we are afraid we ought not to occupy ourselves with endeavoring to prove that there is no dange... HALE WHITE When we are afraid we ought not to occupy ourselves with endeavoring to prove that there is no dange... MARK RUTHERFORD I've always hated the danger part of climbing, and it's great to come down again because it&... EDMUND HILLARY To avoid a blackout, electricity generating companies must lower generation in line with low demand. JYOTIRADITYA MADHAVRAO SCINDIA The Internet has many advantages and can be a positive teaching tool. But there is also that potenti... JOSEPH DRELISZAK It is thoroughly irresponsible to promote the use of nuclear power when there is still no technicall... WENONAH HAUTER I know now: what is is all that matters. Not the thing you know is meant to be, not what could be, n... AUGUSTEN BURROUGHS The danger of the fire is reduced, but then we have the scene danger that we have to address, as the... CAPT. MICHAEL PRUITT We need Iran to use maximum transparency because there are a lot of question marks about its program... MOHAMED ELBARADEI The detection of a person as safe or dangerous triggers neurobiologically determined pro-social or d... STEPHEN W. PORGES This life is filled with threats and danger, David. We face those that we have to face, and there wi... JOHN CONNOLLY Arroyo may be weak, but she is safe and is in no danger of being removed by force during the first s... EARL PARRENO Every secret place of detention is usually a higher risk for ill treatment, that the danger of secre... MANFRED NOWAK There is always some residual risk that something could go wrong on return, but we think that is ver... ED HIRST My primary goal is always to tell a story that will resonate with people on a deeply emotional level... CHRIS MILK Delay always heeds danger. MIGUEL DE CERVANTES SAAVEDRA Jacki stepped up big tonight. We kept her on the low blocks and put Alicia (Morris) up top where she... JOE FUSSNER In time of danger it is proper to be alarmed until danger be near at hand; but when we perceive that... HITOPADESA A coin is examined, and only after careful deliberation, given to a beggar, whereas a child is flung... PETER WESSEL ZAPFFE Since total skepticism about ultimate beliefs is strictly impossible, in that no belief can be doubt... LESSLIE NEWBIGIN There is danger in reckless change, but greater danger in blind conservatism. 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