Posted AT 3:22 AM EST on 20/12/07
The reactor with the retro feel
CHALK RIVER, ONT. — The controls are analog, not digital. And the warnings about maximum weight load are given in pounds, not kilograms.
The reactor – at least the one that is operable – in this community a 21/2-hour drive north of Ottawa celebrated its 50th birthday in November and is looking its age.
There is a
Dr. Strangelove feel to the place, from the tile floor to the drab green walls.
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