When we mediated our solution with AECL in 2006, they were very confident that they would resolve the issue of the positive power coefficient of reactivity. They gave us a timeframe of just two years from the mediation.
A lot of money, time, and effort had been put into the project. AECL were committing more resources and expertise to the project. They were very clear with us--and we felt confident in them as reactor experts--that they would complete the product. That is why we signed the mediation agreement. We believed that the reactors would come on line in October and through 2010. We believed that NRU had a finite life. We believed that this was absolutely the right solution for medical isotope supply for patients around the world, and we could continue to be the pre-eminent Canadian success story in this area.