Now, there were about 200 potential factors identified as contributing to the positive coefficient. It was mentioned previously that the Idaho National Laboratory in the U.S. also observed this, and came out with the exact calculations.
We were told that the last set of tests was in April of 2008. That was the last set. We were told of no future set, in September of that year, being tested, and that last set of tests showed that the factor was not contributing at all to the anomaly that had been seen. There's where things really ground to a halt.
Now, to solve the problem, it would likely need the development of a new fuel, which would have to be designed. How long would it take to design a new fuel for the MAPLEs? We were going to have to go to that anyhow, as the international community wants us to use something other than highly enriched uranium.