Mr. Chairman, thank you very much.
Thank you for inviting us to speak to you about Atomic Energy of Canada today.
I am accompanied by Mr. Bill Pilkington, Senior Vice-President of Research and Technology, and Chief Nuclear Officer. His responsibilities as a manager include the operation of the installations in Chalk River. Mr. Michael Ingram, Senior Vice-President of Operations of the CANDU Division, is also here. He is specifically in charge of a refurbishment of the plants, like those at Bruce and Pointe Lepreau.
Before taking any questions, I would like to provide an overview of AECL's mandate and to review two issues that have recently been the subject of comment.
AECL has a dual mandate from Parliament. The first is to build a global commercial enterprise—