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Old Jul 11, 2018 | 12:21 am
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Originally Posted by KenHamer
Ironic... now that they have the shipping thing all sorted, Chalk River is closing down: Scientists racing to save vital medical isotopes imperiled by shabby reactors
The Chalk River reactor is shutdown and use to be the worlds largest supplier. You cant use a power reactor, it has to be a relatively high power research reactor with some very specific design attributes. These are typically 40+ year old reactors. There is a reactor in Belgium as well as one in South Africa that have take up the slack. This material does end up as priority cargo on commercial airlines all over the world and frequently going across boarders. Canada is focused on developing a linear accelerator alternatives.
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