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A new “capital” for Ohio
 Think of certain cities or regions, and a particular industry or sector often comes to mind. New York’s Wall Street is the capital of financial markets, and California’s Silicon Valley, of course, is the heart of computer and software technology.
One group is working to create a powerful new region/industry connection:
Ohio: the nuclear fabrication capital.
Before dismissing this as improbable or insignificant, consider the initiative being led by the Edison Welding Institute (EWI) that could make this association a valuable reality.
 EWI is growing the Nuclear Fabrication Consortium (NFC), a group formed in response to input from Ohio-based companies that fabricate components for the nuclear power industry. Their concern was that no organization existed to address safety, quality, or manufacturing standards and issues for up-and-coming nuclear component fabricators. Without leadership, the North American nuclear supplier base might not be globally competitive. When EWI discovered this limited industry direction for fabrication technology advancement and deployment, the center was encouraged by many in the industry to fill the void. The NFC was founded in mid-2008, and recently EWI held its third NFC meeting with members that include many of Ohio’s powerhouse companies in nuclear technology.
Can Ohio become the recognized leader in nuclear fabrication technology? Some industry experts already place Ohio near or at the top of the list of states with the capability to deliver nuclear power generation technology.
And as the U.S. gears up to produce its first nuclear power plants in over 30 years, positioning Ohio companies and workers to lead the way certainly seems to be an idea worth “capitalizing.”
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