Mr. Chairman, members of the panel, my friends and colleagues. I want to thank you for the opportunity to attend this conference and to give you my impressions of the work reported here. My remarks today are those of a “now-outside” observer of the program but one who believes that the work of the program is absolutely essential for the continued use of nuclear power in this country and which, therefore, should be held to the highest standards of achievement. I think that many of you here will find some of my remarks to be somewhat controversial, or even provoking, but I offer them as an encouragement to proceed to meet the challenges of the program as expeditiously as possible. This program must succeed because nuclear power must be allowed to play an important role in providing electric power for this country.