Accident Quote by Nathan Myhrvold

“identifying only operator error or sabotage as the root cause of the accident ignores most of the opportunities for the prevention of similar accidents…

— Nancy G. Leveson

One operator is no big deal. That can be fixed in a jiffy.

— Larry Wall

“During the first few minutes of the accident, more than 100 alarms went off, and there was no system for suppressing the unimportant signals…

— Andrew Leatherbarrow

While many technological measures can be taken to secure safety at nuclear power plants, such measures on their own cannot cover great risks.

— Naoto Kan

“Insisting that operators always follow procedures does not guarantee safety although it does usually guarantee that there is someone to blame-either for following the…

— Nancy G. Leveson

None of us are nuclear experts, but we know that if there is a melt-down and breach of containment, that's clearly the most odious…

— William Scranton

Human beings should only use technology which if the worst case happens, it leads to an acceptable damage. Definitely nuclear energy is not in…

— Hans-Peter Durr

Hopefully, nations will refuse to accept a situation in which nuclear accidents actually do occur, and, if at all possible, they will do something…

— Herman Kahn

The message from national security experts and citizens around the world is clear: The only way to eliminate the global nuclear danger is to…

— Michael Douglas

The human and environmental devastation caused by nuclear weapons - whether by testing, mistake or malice - is the very reason we need to…

— Valerie Plame

Nuclear war can ruin your whole compile.

— Karl Lehenbauer

I never say of an operation that it is without danger.

— August Bier