If I may comment on your question, my opinion is that we have a relatively small technical problem in terms of resolving some of the issues around the power coefficient of reactivity.
When I alluded to what I call the regulatory dimension to this problem, that related to a degree of inflexibility in acceptance of the notion of how one deals with a positive power coefficient in a reactor. When that regulatory inflexibility became a big issue, it left a lot of people in a situation of being under the threat of not being able to license this reactor. That downstream consequence set in motion a whole series of decisions, which may well have led the policy-makers to come to the conclusion that they would pull the plug on the MAPLE. It's an unfortunate set of historical circumstances around what is partly a technical problem and also a degree of inflexibility in being able to say it's something we can solve in time.
That said, I would go on to insist that there is sufficient capacity in the nuclear science and technology community within Canada to resolve this problem, but we still have to take a more flexible attitude, and it may turn out that we need to draw in expertise from outside Canada to resolve this specific technical issue around the power coefficient and so on. Dr. Harold Smith is indeed an expert and can speak to the point better than I can.
I consider it an entirely resolvable issue. Whether it's six months, twelve months, or eighteen months until you actually get into it, time will tell. I'm fully confident that this problem can be resolved, but it will require clear direction.