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From drilling permafrost cores along the Inuvik–Tuktoyaktuk Highway to sampling remote tundra waters, our Environmental & Waste Technologies team is deep in the Arctic investigating how radionuclides move as the ground thaws.
This project blends cutting-edge science with Indigenous knowledge and partnership — strengthening how we understand and protect Canada’s North.
Read about some of the latest field work in the North below 👇
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CNL recently decommissioned a historic piece of equipment that played a key role in the nuclear industry within the National Research eXperimental (NRX) reactor building at Chalk River Laboratories (CRL).
The Student Crystal Spectrometer was built in the early 1960s. Spectrometers were used to measure the energy, momentum, and velocity of neutrons, also known as Neutron Scattering, to examine atomic and magnetic structures. This spectrometer could be adjusted to change the angle and speed at which neutrons hit a specimen, allowing the study of the resulting neutron behaviour.
It was used to train students at the Chalk River Reactor School, and the data collected played an essential role in studying materials for CANDU® reactors, radiation safety, medical isotopes, and other related fields. The spectrometer had been safely shut down since 1993, when the NRX Reactor was permanently shut down. ... See MoreSee Less
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Any of you ever heard of the HWCTR reactor at Savannah River Site?
Will students be getting a new spectrometer?
June Hardy…
Next up in our featured Awards of Excellence videos is a team for their outstanding regulatory delivery through collaboration and commitment in support of the Near Surface Disposal Facility, recipients of a Distinguished Merit Award. ... See MoreSee Less
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Has the NSDF project been approved for construction by CNSC ?
During the week of March 23, 2026, CNL will be participating in an annual public meeting with the Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission (CNSC) to review our Regulatory Oversight Report (ROR) for the 2024 calendar year. The public meeting will be webcast live and available on the CNSC website at ow.ly/i7hE50XWQQn.
We encourage members of the public and Indigenous communities to participate in this process! If you are interested in acting as an intervenor, please note that you must file your intervention with the Commission Registry by January 28, 2026. You can do so by using their online request form or by emailing the Registry at interventions@cnsc-ccsn.gc.ca.
More meeting information, including the location and agenda, will be shared prior to the meeting date. For all of the details, please visit ow.ly/k22f50XWQQl. ... See MoreSee Less
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The ice at the Petawawa Civic Centre will be busy from Wednesday, January 14 to Friday, January 16 as many of our staff will be playing hockey in the CNL Black Bears Charity Hockey Tournament.
This year’s charity hockey tournament is in support of Trevor Horne and his wife, Chantal Lebeuf, who has been struggling with vision, balance, memory, and focus since recovering from surgery due to a brain bleed. The Pembroke Regional Hospital and the Deep River & District Hospital are also recipients.
Don’t forget to stop by the raffle tables upstairs at the Civic Centre, purchase some great food or stick around for the dance Friday night.
Thank you to everyone that has organized this event, volunteered their time, played hockey, or donated to the event. ... See MoreSee Less
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