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   From: len@nospam.com   
      
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   "Joe"  wrote in message   
   news:d6c23a99-7fed-475f-8de2-b4c70b3c06a1@f47g2000hsd.googlegroups.com...   
   >> Yes indeed, another Chretien / Martin Liberal failure.   
   >   
   > The reactor mess at Chalk River started with Mulroney and is now being   
   > made messier by the Harper bunch.  But don't let that spoil your rant.   
   >   
   > "In the late 80's, AECL began to acknowledge that continued isotope   
   > production would require the construction of a new reactor to replace   
   > capacity lost by the closing of the NRX in 1992, and the planned   
   > closing of the NRU early in the new millennium. As a result, it was   
   > decided to build a new facility dedicated to the production of medical   
   > isotopes on-site at Chalk River Laboratories. As the result of an   
   > understanding between AECL and its daughter company, MDS Nordion, that   
   > such a facility was required when Nordion was spun-off in 1991, design   
   > work for the reactor was undertaken during the first half of the   
   > decade.   
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   And the construction began in '06 and was scheduled for completion in '08,   
   is millions over budget and the rest is history.   
   -lm   
      
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