At that time a senator who was on the Joint Committee of Atomic Energy said rather quietly, 'You know, we're having a little problem with waste these days.' I didn't know what he meant then, but I know now.

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They simply don't know that much about what they're doing. There isn't enough control. There...

They simply don't know that much about what they're doing. There isn't enough control. There...

We are at the edge of an abyss and we're close to being irrevocably lost.

We are at the edge of an abyss and we're close to being irrevocably lost.

I will say this, - though: If it is true that fusion will put unlimited...

I will say this, - though: If it is true that fusion will put unlimited...

All I know about thermal pollution is that if we continue our present rate of...

All I know about thermal pollution is that if we continue our present rate of...

Understanding how DNA transmits all it knows about cancer, physics, dreaming and love will keep...

Understanding how DNA transmits all it knows about cancer, physics, dreaming and love will keep...

We tried burying the waste at sea and the concrete cannisters that held it cracked...

We tried burying the waste at sea and the concrete cannisters that held it cracked...

Is the minor convenience of allowing the present generation the luxury of doubling its energy...

Is the minor convenience of allowing the present generation the luxury of doubling its energy...

Once we open the door to the plutonium economy, we expose ourselves to absolutely terrible,...

Once we open the door to the plutonium economy, we expose ourselves to absolutely terrible,...

A great deal of pressure was then built up to remove me from the club...

A great deal of pressure was then built up to remove me from the club...

I was actually telling people that - by harnessing the atom - we could enter...

I was actually telling people that - by harnessing the atom - we could enter...

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

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

When people say, 'You're not being realistic,' they're just trying to tag some thoughts that...

When people say, 'You're not being realistic,' they're just trying to tag some thoughts that...

For how many people do you think might yet stand on this planet before the...

For how many people do you think might yet stand on this planet before the...

Perhaps we'll realize that each of us has not one vote but ten thousand or...

Perhaps we'll realize that each of us has not one vote but ten thousand or...

Even if you build the perfect reactor, you're still saddled with a people problem and...

Even if you build the perfect reactor, you're still saddled with a people problem and...

Perhaps most ridiculous of all is the suggestion that we 'keep' our radioactive garbage for...

Perhaps most ridiculous of all is the suggestion that we 'keep' our radioactive garbage for...

Yet another proposal would have us rocket the waste into the sun, but, as you're...

Yet another proposal would have us rocket the waste into the sun, but, as you're...

What's even more unsettling is the way these people hide what they're doing from the...

What's even more unsettling is the way these people hide what they're doing from the...

Bring diversity back to agriculture. That's what made it work in the first place.

Bring diversity back to agriculture. That's what made it work in the first place.

I don't think we have very good records about what they were thinking except, as...

I don't think we have very good records about what they were thinking except, as...