We certainly expect to continue to produce isotopes reliably for the marketplace. We don't control our marketing efforts; it's through our distributor. We have made it very clear that we have to re-earn our reputation as a reliable supplier before the volumes will return to where they were before and/or grow beyond that. We are in the process of doing that. We've made good progress in the weekly and monthly volumes of isotope production and we hope that will continue.
Clearly isotopes are not the only business and the only mission at Chalk River. Continuing the Canadian Neutron Beam Centre and its support for the academic and scientific research communities is an important mission, as is support for the CANDU fleet worldwide. We do very important research and development activities through the CANDU owners group and with utilities.
Naturally enough, the management of the legacy waste is another very important program that we support. We're proud of the accomplishments of our team. We're appreciative of the continued funding of the Government of Canada to support that work, because a lot of it is inherently pre-commercial in nature and it's an appropriate use of government and taxpayer money. Clearly, we're building for the future.
For example, if I may say, I'm pleased that we were successful in recruiting a new executive to head up the laboratories, Dr. Bob Walker, who joined us from Defence Research and Development Canada, where he was the head of the defence research establishment. He is a very, very qualified individual with a tremendous wealth of experience in running a lab. We were successful in attracting Bob Walker because of the great potential at Chalk River. So we have a future there.