Minister Clement Thanks Chalk River Staff for Quick, Safe Restart of Research Reactor

From: CCNMatthews Newswire | Date: December 19, 2007 | Copyright information

CHALK RIVER, ONTARIO--(Marketwire - Dec. 19, 2007) - The Honourable Tony Clement, Minister of Health, today thanked the staff at the National Research Universal Reactor in Chalk River for quickly resuming the production of urgently needed medical isotopes.

"I am happy to be here to thank the Chalk River Laboratory staff for their swift action to get the reactor restarted successfully and safely," said Minister Clement. "As a result of their hard work following the passage of our emerge...

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