Mr. Chair, I thank the minister for that clarification.
I want to turn my attention now to what is really the nub of this whole discussion, and that is the safety issue. I do not think for a moment that members of the House would want to deny the start-up of AECL again and for the production of medical isotopes if they were convinced there was not a safety concern.
The one main concern in the line of questioning I have heard from all members is we have to be convinced that this would be absolutely safe for the community at large. If we were convinced of that and AECL were then allowed to start up production again and begin production of medical isotopes, that is something we would all want to see. This is the only issue in my mind.
With that in mind, I would like to ask Mr. McGee or Dr. Torgerson to speak a little about the safety record of AECL.
Second, mention was made of a couple of points, if I heard correctly. Under the current circumstances with no pump whatsoever, as if it operated like the for the first 50 years, the probability of a nuclear incident would be one in about 1,000 years. With one pump operating, it would be in probability of one in 50,000 years. Therefore, please try to give assurances to the House as to the safety concerns raised by others and to the safety record of AECL. That is really the only issue I see in question here.