It is a question of having two tandem solutions. When I was informed of the situation, we obviously got in touch with the South African authorities. That was on December 6, 2007. On December 7, NRCAN officials contacted other countries. I myself spoke with the President of the Areva group on the phone. We were, however, at the same time, also implementing local, Canadian solutions. As there was no solution to be found on the international front, the best solution was to restart the nuclear reactor.
On January 29th, 2008. See this statement in context.