so, dr. finans the fact you mentioned those two terrible words, climate change, i'll forgive you for that, the reality is i'm into innovation and i've had a problem since i've been two years in the senate with the faa to the patent office. we do a lot to constrict innovation. in this space, innovation is, i think, critically important. and so you, actually the gao last year did this incredible report that looked at the challenges facing companies attempting to deploy new reactor concepts. in this report the gao noted a first of its kind technologies of the design review costs for these folks can be exceptionally higher than subsequent projects. do you believe this is a real problem as is noted in this report? and do you think the doe matching grant report program can solve the problem? >> i think that's a critical problem for innovators. there's a need not only to make sure the costs are under control but to make them more predictable so investors and innovators can plan accordingly. i think the ma

so, dr. finan, besides the fact you mentioned those two terrible words, climate change, i'll forgive you for that, the reality is i'm into innovation and i've had a problem since i've been two years in the senate with the faa to the patent office. we do a lot to constrict innovation. in this space, innovation is, i think, critically important. and so you, actually the gao last year did this incredible report that looked at the challenges facing companies attempting to deploy new reactor concepts. in this report the gao noted a first of its kind technologies of the design review costs for these folks can be exceptionally higher than subsequent projects. do you believe this is a real problem as is noted in this report? and do you think the doe matching report program can solve the problem? >> i think that's a critical problem for innovators. there's a need not only to make sure the costs are under control but to make them more control so investors and innovators can plan accordingly. i think the matc