50 YEARS OF OPERATION WHEREAS, Idaho National Laboratory (INL) is the nation’s leader in nuclear research, development and deployment; and WHEREAS, INL’s Advanced Test Reactor is celebrating 50 years of service to the nation; and WHEREAS, the Advanced Test Reactor modernized America’s nuclear Navy and helped ensure our national security by keeping nuclear-powered submarines at sea instead of in ports for regular refueling; and WHEREAS, the ability to test nuclear fuel and materials at different power levels has helped extend the lives of the nation’s commercial nuclear reactors, which provide 19 percent of America’s electricity and 63 percent of our carbon-free electricity; and WHEREAS, the Advanced Test Reactor contains the greatest volume of experimental space in the world, is in demand from academia and industry, and with regular updates will continue to be the test reactor of choice for years to come; NOW, THEREFORE, I, C.L. “BUTCH” OTTER, Governor of the State of Idaho, do hereby proclaim the June 29, 2017 to be ADVANCED TEST REACTOR DAY in Idaho. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and caused to be affixed the Great Seal of the State of Idaho at the Capitol in Boise on this 29th day of June, in the year of our Lord two thousand and seventeen and of the Independence of the United States of America the two hundred forty-first and of the Statehood of Idaho the one hundred twenty-seventh. _________________________________________ C.L. “BUTCH” OTTER GOVERNOR ___________________________________ LAWERENCE DENNEY SECRETARY OF STATE The Office of the Governor Proclamation Executive Department State of Idaho State Capitol Boise