NRU reactor--full steam ahead.
Atomic Energy of Canada Limited (AECL) confirms that the National
Research Universal Reactor (NRU) was safely returned to service December
16, 2007.
"NRU provides medical isotopes for about 25 million diagnoses
and treatments a year," says AECL's president, Research and
Technology Division, David Torgerson. AECL will continue to provide
regular updates as new information becomes available.
AECL has an absolute and nnwavering commitment to safety. The NRU
facility was operated reliably for several decades up to and including
the time of shutdown. NRU has produced isotopes for medical diagnostic
procedures since it began producing medical isotopes in 1957.
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