Atomic Energy of Canada Ltd.

Title

Atomic Energy of Canada Ltd.
AECL

Type

Company
Government

Subject

Image Name Function
Therapy machine model, cobalt Therapy machine model, cobalt Promotional.
Spectrometer Spectrometer USED TO MEASURE THE MOTIONS OF ATOMS.
Target sample Target sample MOUNTED ACCELERATOR TARGETS, DISPLAYED AT RESEARCH FACILITY TO AUGMENT EXPLANATIONS...
Meter, beta-gamma survey Meter, beta-gamma survey USED TO DETECT AND COUNT BETA AND GAMMA PARTICLES.
Dosimeter Dosimeter USED TO BOTH WARN THE WEARER WHO IS INADVERTENTLY EXPOSED...
Dosimeter Dosimeter USED TO BOTH WARN THE WEARER WHO IS INADVERTENTLY EXPOSED...
Tube, gas flow counter Tube, gas flow counter USED, WHEN ATTACHED TO A SCALER, TO MEASURE THE RADIOACTIVITY...
Tube, Geiger Mueller Tube, Geiger Mueller USED AS AN IONIZATION CHAMBER WITHIN A GEIGER COUNTER.
Cover Cover nan
Power station model Power station model USED TO ILLUSTRATE THE OPERATION OF A CANDU NUCLEAR POWER...
Heavy water plant model Heavy water plant model USED AT ATOMIC ENERGY OF CANADA AS ENGINEERING MODEL TO...
Radiography machine model Radiography machine model scaled down sales and promotion model for display at AECL's...
Control unit Control unit nan
Therapy machine, cobalt Therapy machine, cobalt TO DELIVER COBALT-60 (RADIOACTIVE ISOTOPE OF COBALT) RADIATION, USED IN...

Active From

1952-01-01

Active Until

1988-01-01

Location

Ottawa, ON
Kanata, ON

Product Areas

Nuclear reactors
Radioactivity

Activities

Manufacturing
Designing
Supplying

Timeline

- 1952 – Acquired oversight over Eldorado Mining and Refining Ltd., a Crown Company. (“MDS Nordion – a Canadian success story”)

- 1982 – “Atomic Energy employs 950 people locally. The company’s Kanata plant makes cancer therapy equipment, radio isotopes, and industrial radiation equipment.” (“High tech tag”)

- 1985 – Reactor sale in the works to Turkey (“Critical time for Candu”)

- 1988 – Spawns MDS Nordion and Theratronics Ltd. (“MDS Nordion – a Canadian success story”)

Sources

Boyd, F. “MDS Nordion – a Canadian success story” Canadian Nuclear Society Bulletin (1998); Abstract: (https://inis.iaea.org/search/search.aspx?orig_q=RN:36034861) [05-10-23]

Gooding, Wayne. “Critical time for Candu” The Financial Post (November 9, 1985): 1

“‘High-tech’ tag covers variety of firms” Ottawa Citizen March 23, 1982.

Provencher, Norman. “Budget cuts mother of invention at AECL” Ottawa Citizen (November 11, 1987): F12

Collection

Tags

Citation

“Atomic Energy of Canada Ltd.,” Precision Instrument Culture in Canada, accessed November 14, 2024, http://omeka.uottawa.ca/instrument-precision/items/show/4508.

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