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<p class="paragraph" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt;background:white"><span style="font-family:"Open Sans";color:black"><img width="624" height="147" style="width:6.5in;height:1.5312in" id="Picture_x0020_1" src="cid:image003.png@01D69BD5.B34BB1B0"></span><span style="font-family:"Open Sans";color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="paragraph" style="background:white"><span class="normaltextrun"><span style="font-family:"Open Sans";color:black">FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE</span></span><span style="font-family:"Open Sans""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="paragraph" style="background:white"><span class="normaltextrun"><span style="font-family:"Open Sans";color:black">October 6, 2020</span></span><span class="eop"><span style="font-family:"Open Sans";color:black"> </span></span><span style="font-family:"Open Sans""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNoSpacing" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><u><span style="font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Open Sans"">LINE Commission to meet Oct. 14<o:p></o:p></span></u></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family:"Open Sans"">Boise, Idaho – The Leadership in Nuclear Energy (LINE) Commission will meet virtually Oct. 14 from 8 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. MT and receive an important update on the future of the
</span><a href="https://www.energy.gov/ne/nuclear-reactor-technologies/versatile-test-reactor"><span style="font-family:"Open Sans"">Versatile Test Reactor</span></a><span style="font-family:"Open Sans"">, technology that will enable the U.S. Department of
Energy to modernize essential nuclear energy research and development infrastructure in the next decade.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family:"Open Sans"">Congressman Mike Simpson will provide an update on the status of the Fiscal Year 2021 congressional appropriations process and its impact on Idaho National Laboratory and the development of advanced
nuclear technologies at 8:30 a.m. MT.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family:"Open Sans"">Nuclear Regulatory Commission Chairman Kristine Svinicki also will discuss ongoing efforts to license new nuclear technologies in the United States.
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<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family:"Open Sans"">The full list of presenters, meeting agenda and participation details are available at
</span><a href="https://line.idaho.gov/"><span style="font-family:"Open Sans"">https://line.idaho.gov/</span></a><span style="font-family:"Open Sans"">.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="paragraph" align="center" style="text-align:center;background:white"><span class="normaltextrun"><span style="font-family:"Open Sans";color:black"># # #</span></span><span style="font-family:"Open Sans""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="paragraph" style="background:white"><span class="normaltextrun"><span style="font-family:"Open Sans";color:black">NEWS MEDIA CONTACT: Marissa Morrison </span></span><span class="spellingerror"><span style="font-family:"Open Sans";color:black">Hyer</span></span><span class="normaltextrun"><span style="font-family:"Open Sans";color:black">,
Press Secretary</span></span><span class="eop"><span style="font-family:"Open Sans";color:black"> </span></span><span style="font-family:"Open Sans""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="paragraph" style="background:white"><span class="normaltextrun"><span style="font-family:"Open Sans";color:black">208-943-1686 or </span></span><span style="color:black"><a href="mailto:Marissa.Morrison@gov.idaho.gov" target="_blank"><span class="normaltextrun"><span style="font-family:"Open Sans";color:#0563C1">Marissa.Morrison@gov.idaho.gov</span></span></a></span><span class="normaltextrun"><span style="font-family:"Open Sans";color:black"> </span></span><o:p></o:p></p>
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