Monday Daily Plenary Session 3

Thanks, David. Thank you all very much, very good to be here. Thank you very much, David, for the overly kind introduction. I’m getting my props ready here because I’ve got a lot to talk about today. Hope you came ready to listen. So good morning. Special Advisor to the Secretary of Energy, David Huizenga. Director of the IAEA for Transport and Safety, Mr. Pil-Soo Hahn. Secretary General Henry-Jacques Neau of WNTI. Executive Director of NIC, David Blee. Distinguished visitors from around the world. Representatives of all the U.S. government agencies. Nuclear industry professionals. Friends and competitors. Glad to have you all here. Thanks very much. It’s time that we gather again for PATRAM. You’ve heard already that this is the 17th PATRAM. The 17th PATRAM. Amazing. Time really does fly, doesn’t it? Is anybody here for the first time? Who’s here for the first time to a PATRAM? I met some folks last night. Look at this. This is fantastic. We need new people for PATRAM because the old people are going away and we need new people to come in, but you have to understand the story of PATRAM. So I’m going to spend some time today talking about the history of PATRAM and the industry, then I’m going to talk a little bit about the present of where we are and I’m going to talk a little bit about the future today also. And I hope you’ll give me some time to do that.