Thank you very much, Mr. Chair.
My presentation, I believe, is about 20 minutes, but I'd be happy to stay a few minutes longer if that's required.
I appreciate the opportunity to appear before you today as Minister of Natural Resources to set out the facts of the shutdown of the NRU reactor at Chalk River. As I will explain in greater detail, the extended shutdown of the reactor threatened a national and international health crisis. This reactor supplies more than 50 percent--