I was actually telling people that - by harnessing the atom - we could enter a new era of unlimited power that would do away with the need to dam our beautiful streams.

It seems that every time mankind is given a lot of energy, we go out and wreck something with it.

There are many different kinds of radioactive waste and each has its own half-life so, just to be on the safe side and to simplify matters, I base my calculations on the worst one and that's plutonium.

All technology should be assumed guilty until proven innocent

There is no place where we can safely store worn-out reactors or their garbage. No place!

The risk presented by these lethal wastes is like no other risk, and we should not be expected to accept it or to project it into the future in order for manufacturers and utilities to make a dollar killing now.

People have alleged that I have inspired many young people over the years, but I say, it was just the opposite.