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The past two days have offered us a wealth of insight and information—as I trust we’ve come to expect at this, our annual Nuclear Energy Assembly. Indeed, nuclear energy is delivering solid value…and will continue to do so.

The success we are enjoying today is the legacy of our industry pioneers. The continuum of quality our industry now enjoys is, in part, the product of their vision and hard work.

Fifty years ago, a group of companies organized to explore the opportunities offered by one of the most exciting scientific breakthroughs in the history of the world, and to share information on how to best employ this new and prodigious tool for the betterment of the world.

That organization, the Atomic Industrial Forum, and those in the interim…combining ultimately into NEI…have helped to positively shape the U.S. nuclear energy industry.

The founders of our industry came together 50 years ago much as we are together here today…to advance technological frontiers…and to further an idea, and later an industry, in which they deeply believed.

Half a century later, that belief still persists in each of us…as does the belief in the collective strength of our industry that they imbued in us.

You heard Don Hintz speak of what is possible 50 years from now, and what we must do to get there.