Thank you, Mr. Chairman.
I do understand the international leadership issue that Canada has taken. We saw X-rays, however, of the NRU reactor, and to a lay person it would not look as though it's going to come back on stream quickly. The committee, I think, does understand also that 100% of the isotopes from the NRU were going down to Lantheus medically treated with a capacity to be used, and 10% were coming back to Canada. It appears that in the short term, the only suggestion that seems workable is not the MAPLE reactor, if the testimony we heard is accurate. The short-term solutions that have been put forward by the CANM are recommendations 2 and 3 with respect to positron emission tomography, which has clinical testimony in other countries, looking at the licensing provisions and so on, and enacting that very quickly.
My question is twofold. First, how quickly could that happen? My second question would be to Dr. Gulenchyn with respect to the McMaster reactor. If that reactor could be mobilized quickly, could it help to replace a large portion of the 10% that's coming back into Canada from Lantheus through MDS Nordion, if an agreement could be reached?