Yet another proposal would have us rocket the waste into the sun, but, as you're probably aware, about one in ten of our space shots doesn't quite make it out of the earth's gravitational field.

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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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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

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

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...

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...

We've pumped waste into cavities in solid rock and found that it spread through the...

We've pumped waste into cavities in solid rock and found that it spread through the...

What happens when the guy who runs the reactor gets out of bed wrong or...

What happens when the guy who runs the reactor gets out of bed wrong or...

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...

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.

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...

The Sierra Club is a very good and a very powerful force for conservation and,...

The Sierra Club is a very good and a very powerful force for conservation and,...

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...

I began working with the John Muir Institute and then started helping found Friends of...

I began working with the John Muir Institute and then started helping found Friends of...

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...

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...

It's very hard for me to know what to say about fusion right now, inasmuch...

It's very hard for me to know what to say about fusion right now, inasmuch...