g.a.ivately held company with over 60 years of experience in nuclear energy and one where we continuously push the technological envelope. i was asked to describe what may be appropriate issues to consider when developing public policy for encouraging the development of new reactors. we believe advanced reactors are variety owe to making nuclear power, economically competitive and vital to reversing the current decline of the nuclear industry. in order to be helpful to the committee's effort, i would like to start by noting the term advanced reactors is somewhat loosely used. some people consider them to be non-light water reactors while others mean new light water reactors. we believe an advanced reactor concept is one whose design is guided by the four core principles that help ensure economic success. these principles are to produce significantly cheaper electricity, to be safer, to produce significantly less waste and reduce proliferation risk. we believe every worthy reactor concept m

g.a. is a privately held company with over 60 years of experience in nuclear energy and one where we continuously push the technological envelope. i was asked to describe what may be appropriate issues to consider when developing public policy for encouraging the development of new reactors. we believe advanced reactors are variety owe to making nuclear power, economically competitive and vital to reversing the current decline of the nuclear industry. in order to be helpful to the committee's effort, i would like to start by noting the term advanced reactors is somewhat loosely used. some people consider them to be non-light water reactors while others mean new light water reactors. we believe an advanced reactor concept is one whose design is guided by the four core principles that help ensure economic success. these principles are to produce significantly cheaper electricity, to be safer, to produce significantly less waste and reduce proliferation risk. we believe every worthy reactor c

g.a. is a privately held company with over 60 years of experience in nuclear energy and one where we continuously push the technological envelope. i was asked to descripe what nuclear reactors are and what we believe may be appropriate issues for you to consider when developing public policy for encouraging the development of new reactors. we believe advanced reactors are vital to making nuclear power competitive and vital to reversing the decline of the industry. i would like to start by noting the term advanced reactors is somewhat loosely used. some people consider them to be nonlight water reactors while others mean new light water reactors. we believe an advanced rearkt concept is one whose design is guide bid the four core principles that help ensure economic success. these are to produce significantly cheaper elect trystty, to be samb, to produce significantly less waste and reduce proliferation risk. we believe every worthy reactor concept must address these four core principles jo

so g.a. and f.a.a. reauthorization is important to every kansan regardless of whether they are a factory line worker in wichita or central, south kansas or whether they are a hospital or manufacturing business or a service located in a small community in our state. so i'm pleased that the senate is beginning to do its work in f.a.a. reauthorization. i serve on the committee on commerce responsible for this product, and i'm pleased that the chairman and ranking member have worked closely together to get us to this point today in a bill that i hope, i assume subject to some amendments, i hope this bill passes with strong support across both sides of the aisle. this f.a.a. reauthorization act of 2016 will strengthen the industry by improving the f.a.a.'s process for certifying aircraft. again in that manufacturing sector in our state, one of the things that would be of great value is to have a process by which an improvement, the development, the manufacturing process, the product that we manufacture is mo