CNHE Cobalt Teletherapy Unit
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Keldar5
N 42° 57.576 W 081° 13.660
17T E 481431 N 4756353
A medical research discovery plaque.
Waymark Code: WMR3PA
Location: Ontario, Canada
Date Posted: 05/08/2016
Views: 7
From website:
Plaque Text
In 1951 Canadian scientists, here (London, ON) and in Saskatoon, opened a new front in the battle against cancer. Through a pioneering partnership, the two teams of physicists, physicians and engineers, working independently yet cooperatively, designed the Saskatoon and the Eldorado (London) cobalt teletherapy units. Both became prototypes for the first commercially available units, then called "Cobalt Bombs", which allowed gamma radiation to be focussed directly on cancerous cells. Decades of effective worldwide use have proven the dependability of these units.
Classification: National Historic Event
Province or Territory: Ontario
Location - City name/Town name: 790 Commissioners Road East, London, Ontario
Link to Parks Canada entry (must be on www.pc.gc.ca): [Web Link]
Link to HistoricPlaces.ca: Not listed
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