Natural Resources committee  Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Mr. Chairman, Members of the Committee, good afternoon. I am pleased to be here today to address the Commission’s decision. There's been a significant amount of misinformation circulating about this shipment. I hope you will find the following techni

Natural Resources committee  First of all, we always verify data. Our experts are in a better position to explain our process. We developed our own criteria. The Commission’s conclusions were not based on the data provided to us but rather on a comprehensive study by our experts and presentations from all st

Natural Resources committee  It was indeed.

Natural Resources committee  I would like my colleague to answer that one. However, before he does, I would just like to point out that an environmental assessment is not a contract. It is a study designed to determine concrete action required. What did in fact change, was technology. Studsvik technology was

Natural Resources committee  I'd like to answer a couple of things. First of all, we are not exporting waste. The nuclear waste is coming back to be buried. I really cannot understand what you are saying. The nuclear waste is coming back. What stays is the recycled steel, which is regulated by the Swedish

Natural Resources committee  I'm not taking it personally.

Natural Resources committee  The metal that will eventually be put into scrap metal is clean. It will not otherwise be allowed to circulate, because the Swedish and the EU regulators will not allow a radioactive product to go into normal steel. So it's very important to understand that the waste will come ba

Natural Resources committee  There is a very simple reason for that. The operation is really very safe. Mr. Jammal met Minister Arcand. He might be shed more light on this issue.

Natural Resources committee  Yes, we believe that anybody who wanted to speak to the subject had the opportunity to do so.

Natural Resources committee  I think there's an inherent fear of nuclear or a lack of understanding of what's involved in that, but given the activity of this particular file, I think everybody had a chance to express their opinion about that.

Natural Resources committee  Yes.

Natural Resources committee  I think they're an old model, and we stopped using this particular model in the late eighties, I believe. But the point here is that the level of plutonium that drove those was far higher and it was running for years and years, compared to what's in the steam generator.

Natural Resources committee  You're putting words in my mouth. The comparison is that the radioactivity of some of the medical isotopes is by far higher than in the steam generator, and it's not the technetium, it's the moly that has a longer life. And there's cobalt and uranium and yellowcake, and there is

Natural Resources committee  It's not as massive as you say.

Natural Resources committee  Absolutely. But it's not all nuclear. It's only four grams pasted into the inner tube. The outside shell is clean.