American - Scientist | March 22, 1931 -
I got no thrill from solving an integral equation, but I did get a thrill from building an exotic piece of equipment that worked.
Burton Richter
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For nuclear power to have a future, we'll either need more Yucca Mountains or a way to decrease the stuff we put there.
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What lots of people have been trying to do ever since is find what's beyond the current Standard Model. So far, it has stood impervious to all attacks.
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What struck me first on reading the Ten Hoeve-Jacobson paper was how small the consequences of the radiation release from the Fukushima reactor accident are projected to be compared to the devastation wrought by the giant earthquake and tsunami.
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The sun doesn't shine at night, and wind power is highly variable. To meet our emissions goals, we're going to have to grasp every arrow in the quiver, and nuclear is one of those arrows.
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The reason why Three Mile Island makes such a big impact is because of a Jane Fonda movie called 'The China Syndrome.'
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Politics is a lot tougher than physics.
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Iran wants to join the group of countries that want to know about the biggest things, like space.
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What we're really after is trying to understand what's in the mind of God.
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I've become interested in the impact of climate change on the world and the future of energy needs for the developing world.
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As accelerators reach higher and higher energies, we may need a new Standard Model, or, at least, today's may need to be modified, but that's the way science operates.
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So now, if we don't fund the physical sciences, where will the Next Big Thing come from?
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