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3 unusual facts about Atomic Energy of Canada Limited


Atomic Energy of Canada Limited

Opposition politicians defended Keen, called for Lunn to be fired, and for the report to be made public (Auditor-General's report identified 'deficiency' at AECL, by Juliet O'Neill, The National Post, January 10, 2008, p. A1).

Throughout the 1950s the NRX was used by many researchers in the pioneering fields of neutron condensed matter physics, including Dr. Bertram Brockhouse, who shared the 1994 Nobel Prize in Physics for his work in developing the neutron scattering techniques.

Maurice Pryce

From 1968 to 1978 he served on the Technical Advisory Committee (for nuclear waste management) of Atomic Energy of Canada Limited.


Jake Epp

Jake Epp was first elected to the Canadian House of Commons as a Progressive Conservative Member of Parliament (MP) in the 1972 election for the riding of Provencher, which was the home of Atomic Energy of Canada Limited's Whiteshell Laboratories.

Romney Duffey

Duffey is an ASME Fellow, former Chair of ASME Nuclear Engineering Division, former Chair of American Nuclear Society Thermal-Hydraulics Division, the Chief Scientist of Atomic Energy of Canada Limited, member of New York Academy of Sciences, member of American, Canadian and British Nuclear Associations.


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