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Good afternoon, and thank you all for joining us today.

I can say with all confidence that the preceding presentations have charted an impressive and encouraging future for our industry.

You heard about industry efforts to maintain and maximize asset value of nuclear power plants. How the industry is reinventing the business of nuclear energy as we transition to a competitive marketplace.

You were also brought up to date on industry efforts to hold the government true to its obligation to begin moving used nuclear fuel from plant sites to a temporary storage facility.

You also heard of the rediscovery of nuclear energy in Congress, and elsewhere in the federal government, especially the Department of Energy.

Lawmakers and policymakers are recognizing that energy security and clean air needs cannot be met without nuclear power.

And you heard Commissioner McGaffigan explain how the NRC is striving to redefine the philosophical basis of the regulatory system—a daunting task for which Chairman Jackson, the commissioners and the NRC staff deserve an enormous amount of credit.

Today, I want to discuss an often neglected side of our business: What you as individuals and as corporate representatives, can do to help change how the public perceives our industry.