I think one of the problems that AECL management had was that the NRU wasn't top of mind. It was the new reactors that were top of mind. There was a lot of focus on what had to be done with the ACR-700 and then the ACR-1000, etc.
I think there was a feeling--I feel, and I can't point to a paper or whatever--that they just thought it would run forever, that it would just never break down. There was a lot of confidence in it.
I went to the hearing that AECL had on June 11 with the Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission. There was a sense of, well, we looked at the vessel in 2000, we looked at it, we looked at it this way, and there was nothing wrong so we didn't think we ever would need a new vessel.
I think there was a sense that it would go on forever and there would never be a problem. The MAPLEs were being looked at, but I don't think they ever thought it would break down.