decade of the buildout of the industry industrial and human capital structure as we sit here today, no official commitments have been placed for a new reactor in 30 years. while the global rebirth are in the infant stages it s to increase in china, japan, russia, the republic of korea and in the united states in other ways. in the u.s. our domestic nuclear industrial infrastructure has severely atrophied. the number of end stamp certifications has decreased by nearly half. while the past five years have seen progress there, it is still a tremendous lack of capacity to support a domestic renaissance. however, we are seeing signs that reactor vendors are serious about changing this both westinghouse and riva have committed millions of dollars to produce reactor components as well as to assemble as well as to assemble reactor. while scheduled to come on 2009 and 2011 respectively the rebirth is about to commence. while it is true u.s. facilities will not be able to produce the
beginning to end. we should take this opportunity to accept his assurance that we use fuel is not creating any problem where it is. let s get this albatross away from around our neck. no other country is floating such a monstrosity. $100 billion for a hole in the ground, for pete s sake? we have to get people to stop that nothing new clear. the nuclear people themselves talk about a new plant and say, of course, we have to make them safer. we have to get a solution to this terrible waste problem. these problems are not hurting anybody. you do not hear that kind of talk from coal. thank you very much. mr. guith? thank you. i am the vice-president for the the chamber is the largest business federation. we represent over 3 million businesses of every size, sector, and region. how we meet the projected increases in energy demand is a serious issue. if you factor in the desired produce as much energy as possible, the issue becomes more daunting. the most recent energy outloo