'Realistic' is a loaded word for me. Anyone who uses the word 'realistic' is all bad.

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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...

The more we pour the big machines, the fuel, the pesticides, the herbicides, the fertilizer...

The more we pour the big machines, the fuel, the pesticides, the herbicides, the fertilizer...

Apollo 13, as you may remember, gave us a reactor that is bubbling away right...

Apollo 13, as you may remember, gave us a reactor that is bubbling away right...

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...

The risk presented by these lethal wastes is like no other risk, and we should...

The risk presented by these lethal wastes is like no other risk, and we should...

We've got to search back to our last known safe landmark. I can't say exactly...

We've got to search back to our last known safe landmark. I can't say exactly...

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...

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 sort of kept my hand in writing and went to work for the Sierra...

I sort of kept my hand in writing and went to work for the Sierra...

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...

It's like turning the space program over to the Long Island Railroad.

It's like turning the space program over to the Long Island Railroad.

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.

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,...

Some otherwise sane scientists have seriously proposed that we tuck this deadly garbage under the...

Some otherwise sane scientists have seriously proposed that we tuck this deadly garbage under the...

Until four years ago, in fact, I was absolutely in love with the atom.

Until four years ago, in fact, I was absolutely in love with the atom.

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...