Thank you, Madam Chair. I’d like to welcome my colleagues and the witnesses with us this evening.
My questions are for you, Ms. O’Donnell. I’d like to hear more about the Moltex project, which you know well.
In March 2021, the federal government awarded $50 million to the project. It included a letter from the assistant deputy minister of Natural Resources Canada, Ms. Mollie Johnson. The letter states that the technology used by Moltex is a potential pathway to recycling spent CANDU fuel. It could provide Canadians with emission-free energy for years to come by reducing long-lived radioactive waste.
Can you tell us if there are any scientific studies to back up these claims? Did the federal government actually have scientific peer reviews done on pyrolysis technology before funding this $50 million project?