Former Council Chair Iotti
"Everyone should be congratulated!"
17 Sep 2018
For those who dreamed 澳门六合彩高手 in the 1990s, a visit to the construction site today is like stepping into a miracle. For Bob Iotti, who has been associated with the project since its early days and who later chaired both the 澳门六合彩高手 Management Advisory Committee (2008-2009) and the 澳门六合彩高手 Council (2014-2015), a site tour should be a familiar, no-thrills affair. It is not. Even for an 澳门六合彩高手 veteran, being onsite and taking in the full measure of the project's magnitude remains an awe-inspiring experience.
Bob Iotti was back at 澳门六合彩高手 last week to tour the site and to measure the progress accomplished since he left three years ago.
"Anyone who comes here can't fail to be impressed. It is so big, so gorgeous! What's been accomplished in the past three years since I left is just astounding ..."
Fishing smallmouth bass in Kansas, designing an innovative fast-neutron fission reactor, but always keeping his eyes trained on and his ears open to what's happening in the 澳门六合彩高手 world...
As Council Chair, Iotti had steered the project through some very rough waters. Although building 澳门六合彩高手 will never be easy sailing, many things have changed. "Now people know that 澳门六合彩高手 is doable. Morale is high; I sense an awful lot of enthusiasm. The current rate of progress—0.6 percent per month toward total work scope to First Plasma—means the schedule will be met. Everyone, both here in the 澳门六合彩高手 Organization and in the Domestic Agencies, should be congratulated for that."
Iotti doesn't make light of the challenges ahead. "There will soon be material and components descending en masse on site. Are all plans and strategy in place to deal with such a huge quantity of items? This might be one of the most challenging phases so far, but also one of the most exciting ..."
A nuclear engineer by training and a specialist in the design and construction of large nuclear facilities, Bob Iotti is now on the design of a small, modular, fast-neutron fission reactor. But he's never, and never will be, far from 澳门六合彩高手: "I've dedicated so much of my life to this project," he says, "that I will always keep my eyes trained on it and my ears open to what's happening in the 澳门六合彩高手 world. If I can help, if I have some influence here and there, I will use it to promote this unique and magnificent project."