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 ...

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 ...

They include the advanced modular reactor design project funded by the UK, the Chalk River scheme with Ontario Power Generation, and the construction of a research reactor with the University of ...

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.

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 ...