Tag: NUCLEAR POWER
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Timeline of National Research Universal reactor (NRU) at Chalk River
1941
George C. Laurence designs one of the world’s first nuclear reactors at the National Research Council (NRC) laboratories in Ottawa.
1944
NRC builds a nuclear research...
Expanded medical isotope production part of Chalk River legacy
When the Chalk River nuclear reactor is permanently shuttered, Canada will be in a much better position to provide medical isotopes than it was...
World’s oldest operating reactor, in Chalk River, to close in 2018
Canada’s workhorse nuclear research reactor, the NRU at Chalk River, is to be shuttered in 2018 after a 60-year run of pioneering scientific innovation...
Decentralization of Control in U.S. Nuclear Energy Policy
When President Dwight Eisenhower launched the Atoms for Peace in 1953, he declared that "the atom stands ready to become man's obedient, tireless servant,...
