Following a two-day public hearing, the Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission announced its decision Oct. 27 to renew the Atomic Energy of Canada Limited's (AECL) Chalk River Laboratories operating license for a period of five years. The license will be valid from Nov. 1 until Oct. 31, 2016.
The Atomic Energy of Canada Limited has reported that its Chalk River Laboratories will undergo a 33-day planned outage, which began on May 15 as part of its ongoing operations of the National Research Universal nuclear reactor.