AECL pulls plug on reactors after millions spent
SHAWN MCCARTHY
From Saturday’s Globe and Mail
May 16, 2008 at 9:30 PM EDT
OTTAWA — Atomic Energy of Canada Ltd. suffered another embarrassing setback Friday as the country’s flagship nuclear corporation when it scrapped the development of two Maple isotope-producing reactors after pouring hundreds of millions of dollars into the project.
The federal Crown corporation conducted tests on the reactors this spring and could not find a (...)