Natural Resources committee  If you could squeeze those things into one of those internationally pre-approved packages, it would go through without anybody doing anything about this. All it may require is an export licence. That's it.

Natural Resources committee  Correct.

Natural Resources committee  Right.

Natural Resources committee  Yes, they have done recently. I don't know if you can add some particulars to this, Mr. Jammal.

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.

Natural Resources committee  Right.

Natural Resources committee  Yes.

Natural Resources committee  No. We actually went and sent inspectors to measure it.

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.