Canada is the world leader in isotope production for nuclear medicine, primarily in the treatment and diagnosis of cancer. It is also used in a wide variety of other nuclear medical applications, including everything from diagnostics to sterilizing one-use medical equipment.
We are doing some extraordinary innovation in nuclear isotopes right now that stems from both this long history we have with our nuclear laboratories that have been producing isotopes through various lab-scale reactors, but also very exciting work that is happening now with our conventional reactors, in particular our CANDU reactors in Ontario, where innovations have allowed new forms of isotopes to be produced at a much higher scale on the conventional reactors without interrupting operations. The collaboration that is happening between our laboratories that are doing work on the isotope front and now the operators of our CANDU reactors is creating more opportunities for different isotopes at higher volumes to supply to the rest of the world.