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2011 Special Summit on New Nuclear Energy Roundtable:
State of the Renaissance

• Ricardo (Ric) Perez, Westinghouse Electric Corporation
• Jacques Besnainou, Areva North America
• Will Marshall, Progressive Policy Institute
• Ganpat Mani, ConverDyn

About the Summit:
The Special Summit features perspectives from government, industry and the non-governmental community as well as roundtable discussions on the state of the global "Nuclear Renaissance" -- including lessons from the recent earthquake and tsunami-related events at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power station in Japan; insight from the financial community on new nuclear investment; status reports on new nuclear "first movers"; and assessments of the U.S. licensing paradigm. The Special Summit will also focus on new nuclear infrastructure readiness including nuclear technology advancement; supply chain and workforce readiness; and development of a sustainable fuel cycle. The Special Summit is moderated by Llewellyn King, the Executive Producer and Host of White House Chronicle on PBS — a news and public affairs program airing nationwide and on XM Satellite Radio. He is also a nationally syndicated columnist. The Summit is organized under the auspices of the United States Nuclear Infrastructure Council, the leading national think tank advocate for new nuclear energy.

Panelists:
Will Marshall
President & Founder
Progressive Policy Institute
Will Marshall is president and founder of the Progressive Policy Institute (PPI), established in 1989. In 1985, Mr. Marshall helped to found the Democratic Leadership Council, serving as its first policy director. Mr. Marshall's previous campaign and political experience includes posts as press secretary, spokesman and speechwriter for the 1984 United States Senate campaign of former North Carolina Governor Jim Hunt, speechwriter and policy analyst for the late U.S. Representative Gillis Long of Louisiana, Chairman of the House Democratic Caucus; and, spokesman and speechwriter in the 1982 U.S. Senate campaign of former Virginia Lt. Governor Dick Davis. Before becoming involved in politics and public policy, he was a journalist in Virginia, including a stint with the Richmond Times-Dispatch.

Excerpted Quotes:
"...I would say the first thing to argue on our side is the need to reassert American technological leadership. If we are not building plants in this country it is hard for me to see how we are going to hold on to that leadership. Whether we are still a leader or not, it is what happens in the next ten to twenty years that is critical here"

"The U.N. human development index shows just an overwhelmingly strong correlation between energy consumption and quality of life. A billion and a half people in the world live without electricity at all."

"...they are going to be in countries that are least likely to rapidly develop renewable energy sources. So what that means is that they are going to burn more fossil fuels."

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