We do feel that the research is scattered. Unfortunately, the funding is diluted as a result, and that does not foster the installation of high technology in a specific location.
However, the competition created in a number of areas forces us to challenge ourselves. Canada even has the reputation of doing a lot with very little. Sending money to various groups actually helps maintain that type of leadership.
If a decision was made in the nuclear sector to concentrate everything within a single centre, all the other centres would close within one or two years, and that would be catastrophic.