Canadian Nuclear Laboratories' Chalk River site
Chalk River will be busy as Atomic Energy of Canada Limited (AECL) and Canadian Nuclear Laboratories (CNL) host an open house.
Over 2,700 people have already registered to attend the event on Saturday, August 6th, a group that’s almost three times the size of Chalk River.
It’s the first open house event at the site in five years and will celebrate the site revitalization of the Chalk River campus and AECL’s 70th anniversary.
There will be over 50 informative booths and displays, hands-on experiments, demonstrations and tours.
Other presentations will focus on small modular reactors (SMR’s), a rare new medical isotope known as Actinium-225, hydrogen energy and establishing a new clean energy research park at the Chalk River Labs.
CNL’s President and CEO Joe McBrearty says they are working to provide visitors a fun, interactive and engaging event and hopes the public walks away with a better understanding of the work at the Chalk River Laboratories.
The open house is free to attend, but registration is required. You can learn more and register to attend the event online here.
Tours and Presentations:
- An exterior tour of the new Science Collaboration Centre
- Facility tours of laboratories in research areas that include hydrogen, nuclear security, health sciences, environmental sciences and analytical chemistry
- Facility tours of emergency response organizations, including fire, security and the emergency operations centre
- Bus tours of the proposed site for the Near Surface Disposal Facility, and the site’s waste management areas
- A presentation on Actinium-225, an exciting new medical isotope for cancer treatment
- A presentation on Global First Power’s proposed small modular reactor (SMR) project
- A presentation on hydrogen as a clean energy solution
- A presentation on CEDIR Park, CNL’s proposed clean energy research park
Booths and Displays:
- Small modular reactors
- Advanced nuclear fuels
- Machine learning
- Archeology and environmental studies
- Nuclear forensics
- Supercritical water reactor research
- Thermalhydraulics
- Environmental monitoring
- Environmental remediation management
Family-friendly fun:
- Free cake and watermelon at noon
- A presentation on animals and wildlife at Chalk River Laboratories
- An opportunity to ride the fire truck aerial ladder for a great view of the campus
- A ‘Nerf Gun Challenge’ hosted by CNL’s engineering department
- A glassblowing demonstration
- A ‘Kids Zone’ featuring bouncy castles and other inflatables
- The opportunity to see campus ‘mega-machines,’ including fire trucks, security trucks, cranes and other large-scale vehicles and equipment
- Demonstration of robots used by CNL’s decommissioning team
(written by: Rudy Kadlec)