Natural Resources committee  You just made a comment about the impact on the research at the university. We're very fortunate. We have a centre of excellence in the next generation of probes and radiopharmaceuticals that works parallel with the reactor, and because of the design of the reactor, we're able to do multiple tasks in parallel.

Natural Resources committee  I'll try to be quite quick. I think that is something we have to be concerned about. We have to be very cognizant of it. I think Dr. Sandy McEwan, who is appointed to be involved and to sort of coordinate this effort, will be able to provide a lot of feedback as to where the field is going on that side.

Natural Resources committee  The international community is certainly looking at positron emission tomography and PET isotopes, which tend to be produced regionally. In fact, Canada has come together. The institutions have created a pan-Canadian network to begin doing just that. I think the comment was made earlier that you can't make an immediate transition from one technology to another.

Natural Resources committee  Thank you. I just came from the Society of Nuclear Medicine meeting, which is the international group that really brings together the thought leaders in the field. What we have found is that, certainly, people are concerned about the issue. I think they come to Canadians to look for solutions.

Natural Resources committee  I believe that the talent of Canadians' health care and scientists who are able to help has improved our reputation, yes.

Natural Resources committee  I think another important point on this is that the nuclear medicine and scientific communities are actually coming together to look at the future. When the MAPLEs were being designed and constructed, the field itself was going to progress forward, as it currently is. In this case, we're looking internally at the entire process and looking at new technologies.