Regulatory Information Conference (the "RIC")

We had a great time at the RIC, largely thanks to entertainment provided by Don Hofmann and a great speeches from Commissioner Svenicki, as well as her peers. Aside from the Commisssioners, who previewed the new order, Nuclear Energy outlook was surprisingly upbeat. Even if we got "nada" (nothing) from the new administration in stimulus funding, this it turns out, was our own making; we forgot to ask for money or show we had shovel-ready projects, even though we did.

Aside from the honorable commissioners, Jason Grumet, of the Bipartisan Policy Center, suggested we push Carbon issues and global warming to help build a new consensus for nuclear energy use. He believed this was critical to help overcome opposition to nuclear energy use from those who oppose it on environmental grounds -- like waste. Environmental awareness developed in the early 1970's, followed by the Three Mile Island, helped cement opposition to new nuclear power consideration in the US for forty years.