Albert Einstein Quotes

I love nuclear.

Leave the atom alone.

There is no likelihood that man can ever tap the power of the atom

Each emission of an alpha or beta ray accompanies the transmutation of an atom; the energy communicated to these rays comes from inside the atom.

Nuclear fission

I would say that I was absolutely convinced of the possibility of our making an uranium engine, but I never thought that we would make a bomb; and at the bottom of my heart, I was really glad that it was to be an engine and not a bomb.

I think, for me, nuclear is just the power, the devastation is very important to me.

The energy produced by the breaking down of the atom is a very poor kind of thing. Anyone who expects a source of power from the transformation of these atoms is talking moonshine.

No scientific subject has ever aroused quite the same mixture of hopes and fears [as atomic energy].

The idea of atomic energy is illusionary but it has taken so powerful a hold on the minds, that although I have preached against it for twenty-five years, there are still some who believe it to be realizable.

Other paths would include making nuclear fission cheap enough and safe enough that people broadly embrace it, so that could be scaled up.

There is no likelihood man can ever tap the power of the atom. The glib supposition of utilizing atomic energy when our coal has run out is a completely unscientific Utopian dream, a childish bug-a-boo. Nature has introduced a few fool-proof devices into the great majority of elements that constitute the bulk of the world, and they have no energy to give up in the process of disintegration.

In 1947 I defended my thesis on nuclear physics, and in 1948 I was included in a group of research scientists whose task was to develop nuclear weapons.

Goodness, I know nothing about nuclear energy.

I'm going to build a reactor, that's for sure.

When I was 10 years old, that nuclear spark hit me. Whatever it may be, I really don't know what it was about nuclear science, but whatever it was that triggered that interest, it stuck. I went after that one with a passion.

By developing atomic energy for peaceful purposes, you reach the nuclear option. There are no two atomic energies.

Fission is like kissing your wife. Fusion is like kissing your mistress.

These experiments might make it possible to produce power by means of nuclear energy and radioactive elements. Unfortunately also perhaps atomic bombs.

In the spring of 1948, I was able to join the newly created Brookhaven National Laboratory, which was dedicated to finding peaceful uses for atomic energy.

I'm afraid there's a big confusion in the world between nuclear power and nuclear arms.

The barbarian weapon is fission: the splitting asunder. It has been perfected for death. Our only weapon is fusion: an imperfect process still, though designed for life.

The future of the world, dependent as it is upon atomic energy, requires more understanding and knowledge about the atom.

We should remember that there are nations which meet more than 30 to 60% of their power requirements through the nuclear power system.

Nuclear physics is interesting but it is unlikely to help society.