Comments on Canadian Medicine: Chalk River reactor to be closed longer than predi...

Due to the maple 2 being abandoned, and the chalk ...

2009-09-30T09:45:00.400-04:00

Due to the maple 2 being abandoned, and the chalk river reactor assumed to being shut down again, this has by the looks of it causeed major issues with the goverment and funding with the producing of radioisotopes. Canada is known to produce 2/3 of the isotopes..

This issue with the chalk river reactor should have been delt with. And was meant to stop running in 2000 according to

P.S. Paste from the July 8,2009 report on CBC news...

2009-07-10T08:10:02.184-04:00

P.S. Paste from the July 8,2009 report on CBC news website:

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Still, the Canadian affiliate of International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War says there's another reason to get away from isotopes produced at reactors like the one at Chalk River. The reactor uses highly enriched uranium to produce the molybdenum-99 that is used to produce medical isotopes.

Considering the following: 1. the "global" produc...

2009-07-10T07:58:34.874-04:00

Considering the following:

1. the "global" producers of the isotopes are reducing supply ( not just Canada)

2. the desired/preferred isotope has other value (s) in the nuclear industry (check this one out)

3.the miidle men ( generator producers, radiopharmaceutical providers) have become global mega/?monopolies within the movement from raw material to

You're not wrong, bogged down, but by that same to...

2009-07-09T17:33:57.549-04:00

You're not wrong, bogged down, but by that same token, the underlying problem (Chalk River's decrepitude and impending obsolescence) really should have been addressed long before 2008.

The plan to replace the existing Chalk River reactor -- which consisted of building two MAPLE reactors at the same site in Ontario -- was scrapped in 2008 after years and years of work and

well maybe when in 2008 the head of the nuclear re...

2009-07-09T16:54:26.697-04:00

well maybe when in 2008 the head of the nuclear regulatory commission in Canada said that we should shut it down, and the feds promptly fired her, we should have paid heed to her warnings. This just shows a cash strapped federal government who ignores the warnings of the person they put in charge, then blame the utility when it says we need more time. If we would have addressed this in 2008 we