Deep Waters: The Ottawa River and Canada's Nuclear Adventure

Deep Waters: The Ottawa River and Canada's Nuclear Adventure
ISBN-10
0773526919
ISBN-13
9780773526914
Series
Deep Waters
Category
History
Pages
168
Language
English
Published
2004
Publisher
McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP
Author
Kim Krenz

Description

Deep Waters is an intimate account of the principal events and personalities involved in the successful development of the Canadian nuclear power system (CANDU), an achievement that is arguably one of Canada's greatest scientific and technical successes of the twentieth century. Kim Krenz tells the stories of the people involved and the problems they faced and overcame. He also relates the history of the development of the town of Deep River, built exclusively for the scientists and employees of the Chalk River Project and describes the impact of the Project on the traditional communities of the Ottawa Valley. Public understanding of nuclear power has remained confused, yet decisions about whether and how to use it are of vital importance to Canadians today - and will increase in importance as we seek to maintain our standard of living without doing irreparable damage to the environment around us. Deep Waters examines the issues involved in the use of nuclear power without over-emphasizing its positive aspects or avoiding its negative aspects.

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