It is a bit difficult for me to answer your question directly.
At the École polytechnique de Montréal, we cannot say that we cover all the disciplines related to nuclear engineering.
However, we have developed software that is now used by the entire CANDU nuclear industry, not only reactors in Canada or those of the now defunct Gentilly-2 nuclear power plant, but by all CANDU reactors, around the world.
That happened because we focused our efforts and received fairly steady funding. Before we were successful, those efforts were put in over at least 25 years, if not 30 years of development. During that time, Atomic Energy of Canada was trying to develop software similar to what we have created.
However, since our software was already accepted by the rest of the nuclear industry, the niche we found has borne fruit thanks to a concentration of individuals who were all working in the same direction. Had some of us worked separately—one on waste disposal, another one on civil engineering of containment venting, and another one on long-term uranium supply—we would not have experienced this development, this success.
I could tell you that, on a large scale, it is necessary to focus....