Are you aware of the concerns of the Canadian Association of Nuclear Medicine, who warn that shutting down the NRU in 2016 would put the supply of medical isotopes in serious danger and that an alternative might not be available?
In fact, they have said:
The potential "doomsday" scenario of simultaneous closures/shutdowns/maintenance of the NRU and other reactors in Europe or elsewhere in the following 2 to 4 years could be postponed or cancelled if the NRU was allowed to operate for a few more years.