Summary
Not all of Canada's hospitals get their isotopes from Chalk River, but those that do have been forced to cancel or delay surgeries as alternate sources are lined up. The solution, ultimately, will take money, lots of it, but Prime Minister Stephen Harper is clearly in no mood to spend that kind of cash. He has announced that he wants this country out of the isotope producing business, and he canned the ill-fated, expensive MAPLE project that was supposed to replace Chalk River's NRU. After years of neglect by successive governments, it seems Ottawa is backing out of nuclear research and development altogether.
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Editorial - Don't Quit Nuclear Research
111The problem went radioactive for the Harper government this week when it was revealed that it would take many more months to repair the corrosion that led...
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