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Canada enters the nuclear age : a technical history of Atomic Energy of Canada Limited.

Title
Canada enters the nuclear age : a technical history of Atomic Energy of Canada Limited.
Publication
Montreal : Published for Atomic Energy Canada Limited by McGill-Queen's University Press, [1997], ©1997.

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Atomic Energy of Canada Limited.
Description
xiv, 434 pages : illustrations; 24 x 27 cm
Summary
Written by sixteen of Canada's pioneering nuclear scientists, Canada Enters the Nuclear Age focuses on Canada's nuclear program at AECL's laboratories at Chalk River, Ontario, and Whiteshell, Manitoba, between the years 1943 and 1985. Topics include the organization and operations of AECL's laboratories, nuclear safety and radiation protection, radioisotopes, basic research, development of the CANDU reactor, and management of radioactive wastes.
Subjects
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
  • 1. Overview of Nuclear Research and Development / D. G. Hurst -- 2. Organization, Management and Operations / E. Critoph -- 3. Radiation Protection / A. M. Marko and D. K. Myers -- 4. Nuclear Reactor Safety Principles / F. C. Boyd -- 5. Radioisotopes / B. Ullyett -- 6. Basic Research: An Introduction / G. C. Hanna -- 7. Chemistry and Materials Science / T. A. Eastwood -- 8. Physics / J. C. D. Milton -- 9. Accelerators and Fusion / G. C. Hanna -- 10. CANDU and its Evolution / H. K. Rae -- 11. Reactor Physics and Control / M. F. Duret and H. K. Rae -- 12. Fuel Channels / C. E. Ells -- 13. Fuel / A. S. Bain -- 14. Heat Transport System / H. K. Rae -- 15. Safety Research and Development / R. E. Green -- 16. Boiling-Light-Water and Organic-Cooled CANDU Reactors / R. G. Hart -- 17. Heavy Water / H. K. Rae -- 18. Advanced Fuel Cycles / R. G. Hart -- 19. Waste Management / R. G. Hart --
  • 20. Business Development, Revenue Generation and the Impact of Change / R. G. Hart -- 21. Learning from History / J. A. L. Robertson.
ISBN
0773516018 :
LCCN
cn 97900188
OCLC
ocm37199801
Owning Institutions
Columbia University Libraries