 The purpose of this mission is to really improve the security and safety in the Philippines. Specifically what we're doing here over the last few weeks and is continuing is the removal of 22 high-activity disused sources from a number of devices, conditioning them and storing them in two large long-term storage shields. Disused active sources have a variety of applications and they are really used worldwide in a number of applications, things such as medicine, agriculture, industry. You find sources used throughout the world. Specifically to this project, devices are all teletherapy devices that were used for cancer treatment across the Philippines in either hospitals or research centers. Disused sources do present a vulnerability because they could be stolen or smuggled. In the worst case scenario radioactive material could be used in something called a dirty bomb which may cause effects on the human health as well as the environment. Probably to a lesser degree but still important is the panic that such an incident could cause as well as the societal disruption. There may be also financial and political implications of the use of radioactive material. A hot cell is a shielded radiation containment chamber. It's called hot not because of the outside temperatures here in Manila but actually because what is to be handled inside the hot cell is highly radioactive material. Therefore the people operating the hot cell have to be protected from the radioactivity. So what happens is trained operators manipulate the equipment inside of the hot cell using remote manipulators. So very similar to what you would see a joystick in a video game. There are a few steps before a source actually gets placed in the long-term storage shield. So it starts with a basic disassembly. So get into a point where the source is accessible outside of the mobile hot cell. It's then lifted into the mobile hot cell where a source is often found within a device in something called a drawer. The first step within the mobile hot cell would be to extract the drawer from the device or the teletherapy head. At that point it becomes an intricate process to actually remove the cap of the drawer and extract the source. Once it is extracted it then gets placed into a capsule again within the hot cell which is then slid through a passageway into the long-term storage shield. The long-term storage shields have inherent security features. So the sources are welded in a capsule. They're then placed in the storage shields which are bolted closed, covered and then there's an additional cage that sits over top of the storage shield. The IAEA over the course of numerous regional projects acquired a lot of experience with conditioning low-activity radioactive sources. From this experience the IAEA conceived the idea of the mobile hot cell for conditioning high-activity sources. The mobile hot cell has come from far away. In fact it has come from South Africa from a company called the Nuclear Energy Corporation of South Africa or NEXA. They are the company responsible for the design and manufacture of this hot cell. And what is unique about it is that it is shipped. The hot cell and its associated equipment is shipped from South Africa to the country where the work is being done. Okay, that's fine. While it's impossible to guard against zero risk this is a more effective and efficient way of reducing the security risk that was present before.