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Mai 2008 / Globe and Mail (Ottawa)

AECL pulls plug on reactors after millions spent



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 (...)