Good day, gentlemen. Thank you for coming.
My question is primarily about the very worrisome situation. We know that there will be a shortage of 60% of the isotope supply because of the reactor closing in the Netherlands. Its return to service has been postponed for the sixth time. I understand that you are doing all you can in the circumstances, but I am very worried because doctors and people in the medical field tell us that they are using alternative sources such as thallium, which is an undesirable isotope. As for magnetic resonance, that is difficult. There are no more timeslots available for examinations and the hospitals doing their utmost to run extra hours on evenings and weekends. Doctors tell us that we have to be able to prioritize the necessity for each exam, but it is often a question of life and death. It is really hard.
I would like to quote Eric Turcotte, a medical specialist in nuclear medicine at Sherbrooke, who told us last week, with regard to your announcements about the progress in repairs to the NRU reactor:
...honestly, in medical circles, it has almost become a joke to get an AECL report talking about 30%, 35% or 40%. Medically speaking, this is irrelevant. We only want the reactor to become operational again. The repeated postponements that have been announced since January have meant that we no longer take AECL seriously.
Unfortunately, we can see that the confidence of the doctors has been shattered. How can you, in AECL, be sure that the reactor will go back into service this summer?