Major error about Rockwell’s position on LNT corrected. See penultimate paragraph. Thanks to Rod Adams.
“I take it that there are two main objects. One is to please the public with the prospect of beneficial uses of atomic power, and the other is to scare it out of its boots by threatening it with new weapons.” [Karl Darrow to Manhattan Project colleague in 1945. Darrow doubted this would work. ]
Two of the most important figures in US nuclear are Alvin Weinberg and Ted Rockwell………more
….. Rockwell was right. Nuclear power is a near-perfect providential gift. But it is a twin blessing. A gift of
a) an electricity source with an insane energy density which means minimal consumption of the planet’s resources (aka cheap), and near zero pollution including CO2 emissions; and
b) a DNA repair system that can easily cope with the unique hazard associated with this source.