Thank you, Mr. Chair.
Good afternoon, Professor Cooper. It is a pleasure to speak to you.
Much has been made—as you mention—of a nuclear renaissance. It seems to me that, since we have been talking about it, things have never gone so poorly. In Canada, we are in the process of reassessing it all. In fact, from your comments, we realize that the costs of constructing and refurbishing nuclear plants are enormous, not to mention the timelines. We have what went on at Point Lepreau as an example.
I live in Quebec. The refurbishing of the Gentilly nuclear plant has raised many questions. If you are familiar with that plant, perhaps you could tell me more about it. It has always seemed to me that nuclear energy was not really clean energy. In order to sell us on the idea of nuclear energy, we were told that it was clean energy because there were few CO2 emissions, but they forgot to talk to us about the disposal of nuclear waste.
I have two questions. If you are familiar with Gentilly, what do you think of the refurbishment of that plant? Because of the nuclear bubble that you are telling us about, have we not fallen behind in developing truly clean energy?