The reason we've got nuclear power is not because we needed it. It was because the scientists who developed nuclear weapons -- many of whom were my friends, and I worked with them -- had such a guilt complex about making the bombs, they thought they could handle their guilt by making nuclear power. But in their heart of hearts they knew how dangerous plutonium is.
- Dr. Helen Caldicott Nuclear Power is Not the Answer
Two New York couples spend a quarter century becoming family to each other, in novelist Siri Hustvedt's book -- but like any love story, this one involves loss, heartbreak and betrayal.
The reason we've got nuclear power is not because we needed it. It was because the scientists who developed nuclear weapons -- many of whom were my friends, and I worked with them -- had such a guilt complex about making the bombs, they thought they could handle their guilt by making nuclear power. But in their heart of hearts they knew how dangerous plutonium is. 
