"Why doesn't everyone stop building uranium and/or plutonium based reactors and start building and only build, from now on, thorium fuel type reactors? Australia could become completely self-sufficient in non-proliferative nuclear electric power production and reduce its carbon footprint without sacrificing its standard of living or quality of life. Let's see if our politicians have the will and leadership skills to make this happen. Our future depends on it."

"Europe is now at the crossroad in deciding on its energy production and consumption future. After the Fukushima disaster Germany wants to orientate its energy policy towards renewable resources and it seems that nuclear energy production is approaching its end, at least in Europe. But that concerns the classical nuclear power plants. And this is why it is so important to develop a strong research in other possibilities of using energy hidden in atoms. I very much support this conference and I wish that new safe and efficient ways of using nuclear energy will be eventually developed"