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Good afternoon and thank you for that very warm welcome. As the representative of more than 1,000 active and alumni members of North American Young Generation in Nuclear, I’d like to say how honored our organization is to have been invited to address you this afternoon.

Earlier today we heard NEI’s Skip Bowman talk about how our industry and our nation must do a better job of balancing our short-term needs and longer-term imperatives in energy policy. That’s an idea that we should all embrace—and it’s one that has broader implications inside the industry as well.

Today, I’m here to talk about another long-term imperative for the nuclear energy business—the development of our future work force, and how we collectively can do a better job when it comes to inspiring passion in young professionals.

First, though, I want to commend the industry as a whole for something that’s as just as critical to promoting passion—and that’s the incredibly important work you’re doing to ensure that our industry has a vital place in the future of our nation’s, and the world’s, energy mix.

At the end of the day, the best mentoring and career development program your company can create is working to set the stage for the construction of new nuclear plants and facilities.

Just knowing we have a future—one where young professionals see our business can contribute to future economic growth as well as help safeguard our environment—is a powerful incentive to help transform a job and a career into a lifelong vocation.