Mr. Chair, the primary responsibility I have as a site licence holder is to ensure the safety of the facility. That is an ongoing day to day challenge. When I say challenge, I mean from the point of view of my responsibilities. My job is to ensure that safety, working with staff, working with my management team in total to ensure the ongoing safety.
My time with AECL began two years ago, so I cannot talk too much about the long term. However, in the two years I have been with AECL, I can assure members that the site has operated safely. We place a lot of emphasis on that. We have more oversight mechanisms in place now than we have ever had. We have a strong relationship with CNSC staff.
It was described earlier, and I am not sure exactly what the description was, but I would not describe this as a dispute with staff or the commission at all. I would describe it as we are working through possibly a difference of professional opinion, but the common goal I believe of both organizations is the safety of the facility.
My commitment to the House, to the Canadian public, to commission, to staff and to my workers in my local communities is I will not compromise the safety of any of those facilities on that site for any production reason.