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Good afternoon. I'm delighted to have the opportunity to address this impressive gathering of professionals in the nuclear energy industry. I'm equally delighted to be back in your beautiful country … in the region of the fabled Black Forest and two of the world's best-known rivers, the Danube and the Rhine.

I'm also proud to represent an energy source that helps limit the environmental damage to irreplaceable natural resources—such as the Black Forest, which has suffered the effects of acid rain in some areas.

Acid rain is a threat to forests, lakes and rivers throughout the world … thanks to automobile exhaust and a variety of industrial processes—including some forms of electricity generation.

And yet some people who claim to care about the environment are trying very hard to shut down emission-free nuclear power plants.

What do they think is going to replace these plants? Nuclear energy produces the large amounts of electricity needed to support a thriving economy and a high quality of life—without emitting harmful pollutants.

Air pollution is a global issue—even with nuclear power plants providing 17 percent of the world's electricity. Imagine what the situation would be like without those plants!