Power Plant Quotes (2 quotes)
In normal operation the health hazard from nuclear reactors is much less than from coal-fired power plants.
In address at City College, reported in Victor K. McElheny, 'Hans Bethe Urges U.S. Drive for Atom Power and Coal', The New York Times (14 Dec 1974), 58.
You cannot affirm the power plant and condemn the smokestack, or affirm the smoke and condemn the cough
The Gift of the Good Land (1981).
In science it often happens that scientists say, 'You know that's a really good argument; my position is mistaken,' and then they would actually change their minds and you never hear that old view from them again. They really do it. It doesn't happen as often as it should, because scientists are human and change is sometimes painful. But it happens every day. I cannot recall the last time something like that happened in politics or religion.
(1987) -- 
