Nuclear Materials: Current and Future Regulatory Challenges Opening Plenary Speech at the Institute of Nuclear Materials Management Annual Meeting Baltimore, Maryland USA July 12,2010

摘要

Thank you for the introduction. I am honored to be here today at the Institute of Nuclear Materials Management's 51st Annual Meeting to share my thoughts on some of the important regulatory issues before the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC). For over half a century, the Institute has been dedicated to advancing safe and secure management practices and promoting professional excellence among materials management professionals. You can justifiably take great pride in the Institute's past accomplishments. I was pleased to read in the message from your Vice President Scott Vance about this organization's commitment not to rest on its laurels—to achieve even more in the next fifty years than it did in its first half century. That is exactly the kind of approach that everyone in the nuclear field—regulators, licensees, and stakeholders—should maintain as we to seek to advance our shared safety and security objectives.