mr. mayfield during your service as a commissioner you helped prepare the nrc to review new planned applications and this bill direct the nrc survived to be to develop a regulatory framework to review the applications. is the scope of this work, do you think it's too ambitious or do you think it's feasible? >> i think it's absolutely feasible. a credit to the nrc staff. i think they will make this work. there are talented people. i think he is very achievable for the agency to do this. if they can come up with a process that is risk informed, predictable transparent and done in a way to allow technologies to move forward. i think this bill encourages that. one point that i would like to mention having been on the commission i do think the oversight that this can provide on the timing of various activities of the agencies, license renewals, new license applications, those are important metrics to take a look at. the timing of those has increased since i left the commission. that is productivity that needs attention. >> thank you mr. chairman. >> thank you senator fischer. senator markey. >> seque