Fine.
Welcome and thank you for coming, Mr. Binder. This is the first time I have met you, but I am sure it won't be the last.
We were very touched and troubled by what happened last winter when the former president of the commission was let go. She also had very strong opinions. Despite this, she was relieved of her duties.
I was surprised to learn at our last meeting that the NRU's licence will probably be extended beyond 2011. The company and Atomic Energy of Canada Limited viewed these as modalities and felt that the reactor could probably survive until 2016. This was stated rather confidently.
The main operators perceive this as a fact, but do you not expect that there will be pressure on the Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission to facilitate this licence extension, given that we are in a somewhat difficult situation? We have one old reactor and the MAPLE project has been discontinued.