FIRST - Canada's Nuclear Laboratory
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A monument showing two electrons in orbit at the home of Canada's first nuclear reactor site.
Waymark Code: WMNXNA
Location: Ontario, Canada
Date Posted: 05/19/2015
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The plaque reads:
"This area ... was established as the home of Canada's first atomic energy workers ... when the Right Honorable C.D. Howe ... dedicated the site of Canada's first nuclear laboratory..."
Chalk River Laboratories (CRL) is a site of major research and development to support and advance nuclear technology, in particular CANDU reactor technology. CRL has expertise in physics, metallurgy, chemistry, biology, and engineering and unique research facilities. It is owned and operated by Atomic Energy of Canada Limited.
The facility arose out of a 1942 collaboration between British and Canadian nuclear researchers which saw a Montreal research laboratory established under the National Research Council (NRC). By 1944 the Chalk River Laboratories were opened and in September, 1945 the facility saw the first nuclear reactor outside of the United States go operational.
FIRST - Classification Variable: Place or Location
Date of FIRST: 01/01/1945
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