Natural Resources committee  No, I didn't follow the matter.

Natural Resources committee  I wasn't surprised, because, as I've said before, they were not able to explain the physics of their reactor. They've been trying very hard and doing all kinds of experiments to try to understand how it operates--the physics of it and that different configuration. Different press

Natural Resources committee  Normally, but in public hearings we all come together.

Natural Resources committee  We have a secretary who is in charge of the tribunal business. He sends the applications directly to all of us at almost the same time.

Natural Resources committee  We try to be as transparent as possible, and any of the proponent material coming in front of us is posted. They have to allow us to post any of the interventions. Everything else is in the public domain. We're trying to put as much information as we have on the public record.

Natural Resources committee  Absolutely.

Natural Resources committee  We have Sharron Ellis, who is sitting right here.

Natural Resources committee  I haven't seen any such cases. Some people believe that because it's labelled a science it's black and white, easy to understand, right or wrong. It isn't like that. If it were, we wouldn't have the MAPLE issue. The MAPLE problem was that they couldn't understand the physics in

Natural Resources committee  I wouldn't use language like “override”. The staff itself provide options. For example, you have to do a trade-off between keeping something for how long versus the probability of an incident happening. So you have to always weigh probable trade-offs between one particular aspe

Natural Resources committee  So far they have been, but they don't necessarily have to be. We can have hearings with fewer than the maximum seven members.

Natural Resources committee  I ask who wants to participate, and I have the authority to create a tribunal that is smaller. Until now, in the five months I have been there, I have asked, and anybody who wanted to participate actually participated.

Natural Resources committee  On every matter associated with public hearings, it is continual. We all get the same documentation. We all get notices of hearings, staff assessments, etc. In addition, I share with them a lot of the common papers, international agreements, what's going on, environmental scans,

Natural Resources committee  Just to clarify, the protocol is that the Department of Health is making sure they have some contingency plan in case shortages materialize. Our responsibility is strictly to make sure that the NRU continues to operate for as long as it's safe. We are not responsible for the prod

Natural Resources committee  This won't necessarily be a long process. We are already having discussions with the people from AECL. We're talking to them right now about the various criteria we need to make an informed decision that the reactor will operate safely. You should know that when we look at all t

Natural Resources committee  Yes, one could, by replacing all the equipment. Bruce Power, for example, is refurbishing a whole nuclear plant. They stop operations, they change everything in it, and they get another 20 years out of it. We will not be able to tell you that until we get a submission from AEC