NECSA spent a fair amount of its own money on a bursary programme and employing PBMR staff. They decided it was better to pay for the people than to pay for the metal. This meant that the RPV was going to sit in Saldanha until someone decided what to do with it. Mr Adam said that PBMR was surprised when Westinghouse withdrew from PBMR. They had gone into this as partners and negotiated very hard with the US Department of Energy. Initially, PBMR was told that two companies, Westinghouse and PBMR, could not submit a proposal in a consortium. One company, mainly a US company, had to submit the proposal. This meant that Westinghouse had to submit the proposal and PBMR had to be subcontracted to the US Department of Energy. PBMR accepted this because it appeared that there was no other option. However, PBMR then received a letter from Westinghouse saying that the South African government had to give a guarantee of commitment for PBMR going forward, otherwise Westinghouse would withdraw. It was impossible to convene a process to discuss this matter, given the short deadline that Westinghouse gave PBMR and that was what happened.