Sinister Scientist Wants You To Believe Nukes Are A Good Thing

“The evil villains in James Bond movies are being blamed for casting a long-lasting shadow over the image of nuclear power, says the president of the Royal Society of Chemistry. Prof David Phillips says that Dr No, with his personal nuclear reactor, helped to create a ‘remorselessly grim’ reputation for atomic energy…. Later Bond villains, as part of their cat-stroking, laser-pointing, world-destroying repertoire, also had nuclear ambitions. When there are worries about nuclear safety — such as following the tsunami in Japan — the Royal Society of Chemistry fears that the public reaction is still shaped by such emotive, negative associations.”