Staff exposed to radiation at Atomic Energy Canada Ltd. in 1950s want same compensation military received – Al Donahue still remembers the frantic day the alarm went off at Atomic Energy Canada Ltd. in Chalk River, Ont.
“As soon as I heard the alarm, I was with a group of welders and I took them out to the camp area,” recalled Donahue, now 88 years old and living in nearby Pembroke. “Then I went back in and got the people out.”
On May 23, 1958, the National Research Universal (or NRU) nuclear reactor suffered a serious mechanical failure. It overheated, ruptured and a fire ensued, according to official reports.
Julie Ireton – CBC News – Nov 01, 2017.
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