Saturday, May 30, 2009

Medical Isotopes - Crisis Or No Crisis?


When Chalk River was shut down for safety reasons two years ago, the government ordered it started up again because of the need for medical isotopes. Now the reactor may never open again and the government says it's not a problem. Crisis or no crisis?

The Toronto Star says Stephen Harper's Conservative government is either dramatically underplaying the current medical isotope crisis or wildly overplayed the last one.