On Dec. 12, 1952, the world witnessed its first-ever nuclear reactor accident at Chalk River Laboratories right here in ...

The Canadian Go-Co is currently costing taxpayers more than $1.4 billion a year — more than the annual budget of the CBC. The ...

It was in the early stages, and they didn't know." The cleanup was a success, and the Chalk River reactor was reopened two years later. Carter's career in the military, however, ended less than a ...

While in the Navy, Carter was part of a team that helped dismantle the damaged nuclear reactor at the Chalk River plant in Ontario, Canada. A trained nuclear engineer, Carter worked under famed ...

The Federal Court ruled in favour of Kebaowek First Nation on Friday in a challenge to steps taken to protect wildlife that may stall plans to build the nuclear waste mound at the Chalk River ...

Over half a century old, the Chalk River reactor closed temporarily in May due to a heavy-water leak—its third shutdown in two years. The reactor formerly supplied about a third of the world's ...

The Kebaowek are one of 10 First Nations in Quebec and Ontario opposed to the proposed Chalk River Near Surface Disposal Facility, which is a little more than a kilometre from the Ottawa River.